siege of Bonjol
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The siege of Bonjol was a decisive Dutch colonial military operation in the 1830s that crushed the last major stronghold of the Padri forces in West Sumatra, effectively ending the Padri War.
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| siege of Bonjol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6779995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege of Bonjol Context triple: [Padri War, hasSignificantEvent, siege of Bonjol]
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Battle of Bud Dajo
The Battle of Bud Dajo was a brutal 1906 U.S. military assault on a fortified Moro stronghold in the Philippines, notorious for its high civilian casualties and lasting controversy.
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B.
Battle of Gao
The Battle of Gao was a key 2013 conflict in the Northern Mali War in which Malian and French-led forces recaptured the strategic city of Gao from Islamist militants.
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C.
Siege of Nice
The Siege of Nice was a 1543 military engagement during the Italian Wars in which Franco-Ottoman forces besieged the strategically important city of Nice, then under the control of the Duchy of Savoy allied with the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Battle of Ambon
The Battle of Ambon was a World War II clash in early 1942 in which Japanese forces overwhelmed Dutch and Australian defenders on the Indonesian island of Ambon, resulting in a decisive Japanese victory and subsequent atrocities against prisoners of war.
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Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: siege of Bonjol Target entity description: The siege of Bonjol was a decisive Dutch colonial military operation in the 1830s that crushed the last major stronghold of the Padri forces in West Sumatra, effectively ending the Padri War.
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A.
Battle of Bud Dajo
The Battle of Bud Dajo was a brutal 1906 U.S. military assault on a fortified Moro stronghold in the Philippines, notorious for its high civilian casualties and lasting controversy.
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B.
Battle of Gao
The Battle of Gao was a key 2013 conflict in the Northern Mali War in which Malian and French-led forces recaptured the strategic city of Gao from Islamist militants.
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C.
Siege of Nice
The Siege of Nice was a 1543 military engagement during the Italian Wars in which Franco-Ottoman forces besieged the strategically important city of Nice, then under the control of the Duchy of Savoy allied with the Holy Roman Empire.
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D.
Battle of Ambon
The Battle of Ambon was a World War II clash in early 1942 in which Japanese forces overwhelmed Dutch and Australian defenders on the Indonesian island of Ambon, resulting in a decisive Japanese victory and subsequent atrocities against prisoners of war.
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E.
Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military siege ⓘ |
| 19thCenturyEvent | true ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch East Indies Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuanku Imam Bonjol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Dutch colonial authorities
ⓘ
Padri state of Bonjol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broaderContext | Dutch expansion in the Indonesian archipelago ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinWar | late phase of the Padri War ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Tuanku Imam Bonjol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Padri War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | colonial war engagement ⓘ |
| countryInvolved | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1837 ⓘ |
| era | Dutch colonial period in Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | consolidation of Dutch control in West Sumatra ⓘ |
| hasDuration | about four years ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Dutch colonial army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Padri forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuanku Imam Bonjol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Minangkabau region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
marked the defeat of major Islamic reformist forces in the region
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strengthened Dutch colonial rule in the Minangkabau highlands ⓘ |
| location |
Bonjol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ West Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryObjective | capture of the Padri stronghold at Bonjol ⓘ |
| notableFor |
capture and exile of Tuanku Imam Bonjol
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lengthy resistance by Padri defenders ⓘ |
| opponent |
Padri forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Padri movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposingCommander | Tuanku Imam Bonjol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Padri War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalObjective | elimination of Padri political and military power in West Sumatra ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier Dutch–Padri engagements in West Sumatra ⓘ |
| religiousContext | conflict between Islamic reformists and traditionalist–colonial alliance ⓘ |
| result |
Dutch victory
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capture of Bonjol ⓘ collapse of organized Padri resistance ⓘ |
| significance |
crushed the last major Padri stronghold in West Sumatra
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decisive Dutch colonial victory ⓘ effectively ended the Padri War ⓘ |
| startTime | 1833 ⓘ |
| theatreOfWar | Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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