Indonesia

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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres. With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population.

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Death of Thomas Lanckester
November 28, 1706 in Batavia
Birth of Caroline Phebe Lankester
December 22, 1875 in Surabaya ^[1]
Occupation of Samuel Rushton Lankester
from around November 9, 1892 until around October 13, 1896 in Batavia ^[2]
Death of Samuel Rushton Lankester
October 13, 1896 in Batavia ^[3]

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Gemeente Den Haag. "Bevolkingsregister Den Haag". Den Haag, Population registry, Den Haag, 0354-01.0513.
"The Standard". London, Page 5.
"The Colonies and India". London, Mention of death for Samuel Rushton Lankester, The Colonies and India, 1896-11-24, page 30.

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