Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1740_Batavia_massacre" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1740 Batavia massacre">massacre</a> of the ethnic Chinese population in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" id="mwPw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a>, eventually killing at least 10,000.