Herman Willem Daendels was a Dutch revolutionary, military leader, and statesman. He was 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, a position he held from 1808 to 1811.
Posthumous portrait by Raden Saleh
General Daendels Taking Leave of Lieutenant-Colonel Krayenhoff (1795)
View on Beshankovichy. From J. North (2005) Napoleon's Army in Russia: The Illustrated Memoirs of Albrecht Adam – 1812. Pen & Sword Books. Plate 21.
French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
The French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies of the Dutch East Indies took place between 1806 and 1816. The French ruled between 1806 and 1811, while the British took over for 1811 to 1816 and transferred its control back to the Dutch in 1816.
Captain Robert Maunsell capturing French gunboats off Java, July 1811