Historedia
Person

Maurits Jan Heldewier

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1859–1860

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Maurits Jan Heldewier, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Portugal and the Netherlands divide the island of Timor

    1859–1860

    Role: Plenipotentiary for the Netherlands

    1. 1859 · Timor IslandTerritorial Exchange

      Portugal ceded territories on Flores, Adonara, and Solor, while the Netherlands ceded Maubara, Ambeno, and Ataúro to Portugal.

    2. 1859 · LisbonFinancial Compensation

      The Netherlands cancelled a Portuguese debt of 80,000 florins and agreed to pay an additional 120,000 florins as compensation.

    3. 20 April 1859 · LisbonSigning of the Treaty of Lisbon

      The Treaty of Demarcation and Exchange was signed on 20 April 1859, demarcating the border between Portuguese and Dutch colonies in the Solor and Timor archipelago.

    4. August 1860 · Timor IslandRatification and Implementation

      The treaty was ratified in August 1860, but local transfers were out of sync with that official ratification.

Sources

  1. Treaty of Lisbon (1859) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-01-11