| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GENERAL GOVERNOR |
| 1596 | 5 june | Dutch Colony | |
| 1691 | Willem van Outhoorn | ||
| 1704 | Johan van Hoorn | ||
| 1709 | Abraham van Riebeeck | ||
| 1713 | Christoffel van Swoll | ||
| 1718 | Henricus Zwaardecroon | ||
| 1725 | july | Matthaeus de Haan | |
| 1729 | Dirk Durven | ||
| 1732 | Dirk van Cloon | ||
| 1735 | Abraham Patras | ||
| 1737 | Adriaan Valckenier | ||
| 1741 | Johannes Thedens | ||
| 1743 | may | Gustaaf Willem, baron van Imhoff | |
| 1750 | 1 november | Jacob Mossel | |
| 1761 | 15 may | Petrus Albertus van der Parra | |
| 1775 | Jeremias van Riemsdijk | ||
| 1777 | Reinier de Klerk | ||
| 1780 | Willem Arnold Althing | ||
| 1796 | Peter Gerhardus van Overstraten | ||
| 1801 | 22 august | Johannes Siberg | |
| 1804 | september | Albertus Henricus Wiese | |
| 1808 | 14 january | Herman Willem Daendels | |
| 1811 | 16 may | Jan Willem Janssens | |
| 1811 | 18 september | UK Colony | Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles |
| 1816 | march | John Fendall | |
| 1816 | 19 august | Dutch Colony | Godert Alexander Gerard Philip baron van der Capellen |
| 1826 | Hendrik Merkus de Kock | ||
| 1830 | Johannes, graaf van den Bosch | ||
| 1833 | Jean Chrétien Baud | ||
| 1836 | 29 january | Dominique Jacques de Eerens | |
| 1840 | 30 may | Carel Sirardus Willem, graaf van Hogendorf | |
| 1841 | 6 january | Pieter Merkus | |
| 1844 | Jan Cornelis van Reijnst | ||
| 1845 | Jacob Rochussen | ||
| 1851 | Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist | ||
| 1856 | Charles Ferdinand Pahud | ||
| 1861 | Ludolf Anne Jan Wilt, baron Sloet van de Beele | ||
| 1866 | Pieter Mijer | ||
| 1872 | 4 may | James Loudon | |
| 1875 | Johan Willem van Lansberge | ||
| 1881 | Frederik s'Jacob | ||
| 1884 | 11 april | Otto van Rees | |
| 1888 | Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk | ||
| 1893 | Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck | ||
| 1899 | Willem Rooseboom | ||
| 1904 | october | Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz | |
| 1909 | Alexander Frederik Willem Idenburg | ||
| 1916 | Johan Paul, graaf van Limburg-Stirum | ||
| 1921 | 24 march | Dirk Fock | |
| 1926 | Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff | ||
| 1931 | Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge | ||
| 1936 | Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenbrogh-Stachouwer | ||
| 1942 | 8 march | Japan occupation | Hitoshi Imamura |
| 1942 | november | Harada | |
| 1944 | november | Shigeichi Yamamoto |