Bilateral relations between the Netherlands and Thailand date back to 1604, as one of the earliest interactions between Europeans and Siamese. Thailand today is a popular tourist site for Dutch touris
Dutch depiction of Ayutthaya by Johannes Vingboon during 1622-1623. The city is named Iudea
Australian and Dutch POWs in Thailand, 1943
Thai Restaurant Association sign in Amsterdam
King Bhumibol with Prince Bernhard and Queen Juliana in 1960
The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949.
Netherlands–Thailand relations
…Dutch Republic and were given an audience by the Prince of Orange, Maurice. However, the posts in Songkhla and Pattani were abandoned around 1623 by the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, Jan Pieterszoon Coen. In 1617, both countries signed a treaty. However the Dutch post at Ayutthaya proved to be unprofitable and was closed in 1622…
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Governor-general's palace in Batavia in c. 1880–1900
Opening of the Volksraad by Governor-general count of Limburg Stirum in Batavia on 18 May 1918