The fall of the Netherlands to the French Empire and the dissolution of the Dutch East India Company led to some profound changes in the European colonial administration of the East Indies, as one of the Napoleonic Wars was fought in Java.
Jatuhnya Belanda ke tangan Imperium Prancis dan pembubaran Perusahaan Hindia Timur Belanda menyebabkan beberapa perubahan besar dalam pemerintahan kolonial Eropa di Hindia Belanda, ketika salah satu Peperangan era Napoleon terjadi di Jawa.