This document summarizes key events in Indonesia's history around the time of its independence declaration on August 17, 1945. It describes events in several cities in the days and weeks before and after the proclamation, including the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, meetings between independence leaders in Jakarta and Rengasdengklok, and the raising of the Indonesian flag in various cities which sometimes led to conflict with Dutch and British forces. It provides context around the negotiations and pressures that led to the final independence declaration on August 17, 1945 at Soekarno's residence in Jakarta.