* 1745 – The city of Surakarta, Central Java is founded on the banks of Bengawan Solo River, and becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Surakarta.

* February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the sultanate of Yogyakarta and the sunanate of Surakarta.

The word adipati is still found in the official title of the hereditary princes Mangkunegara of Surakarta and Paku Alam of Yogyakarta i. e. Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya ( shortened into KGPAA ).

* Imogiri complex in Imogiri, Central Java is the cemetery for Mataram royals and the Hamengkubuwana Royals of Yogyakarta and Pakubuwono of Surakarta

Approximately northwest of Yogyakarta and west of Surakarta, Borobudur is located in an elevated area between two twin volcanoes, Sundoro-Sumbing and Merbabu-Merapi, and two rivers, the Progo and the Elo.

There is a style of kroncong native to Surakarta ( Solo ) called langgam jawa, which fuses kroncong with the gamelan seven-note scale.

Traditional Surakarta court batik is preserved and fostered by the Susuhunan and Mangkunegaran courts.

Surakarta, often called Solo and less commonly Sala, is a city in Central Java, Indonesia of more than 520, 061 people ( 2009 ) with a population density of 11, 811. 5 people / km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

The city is the seat of Surakarta Sunanate kraton ( palace / court ).

Together with Yogyakarta, Surakarta is the heir of the Mataram Kingdom that was split into two kingdoms in 1755.

Surakarta is also widely known by the name " Solo ".

" Surakarta " is used in formal and official contexts.

This event is commemorated as the birthday of the city of Surakarta.

The area comprises about 48 km² and is located in Central Java, about 15 kilometers north of Surakarta in the Solo River valley.

Although active and honoured empus who produce high quality kris in the traditional way can still be found on some places such Madura, Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Makassar and Palembang, their number is dramatically decreasing, and it is more difficult for them to find successors to whom they may transmit their skills.

The Solo gudeg from the city of Surakarta is more watery and soupy with lots of coconut milk and whitish in color because teak leaves is absent.

There is a marked difference, though, between the highly stylized dances of the courts of Yogyakarta and Surakarta and their popular variations.

mbak yu and the more common mbak are derived from Surakarta court to address adolescent or marriage age unmarried women, but is now for women, with no age or marital status connotation.

In Java, especially in Javanese royal cities Yogyakarta and Surakarta, the grand week-long pasar malam is usually held annually during the Sekaten festival to celebrate Mawlid or the birthday of prophet Muhammad.

A new temple is being built East of Solo ( Surakarta ) It is a Hindu temple that has miniatures of 50 sacred sites around the world.

A similar attack against Dutch troops in Surakarta was led by Lt. Col. Slamet Riyadi on 7 August the same year.

Music and dance at the time was divided into several styles based on the main courts in the area — Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Pakualaman and Mangkunegaran.

Pakubuwono II searched for a more auspicious spot to rebuild his capital, and in 1745 the entire court was dismantled and transported in a great procession to Surakarta, on the banks of the Kali ( River ) Solo.

The leader of a similar raid on Surakarta on August 7, 1949 was Lt. Col. Slamet Riyadi.

Police announced that Azahari Husin and Noordin Mohammed Top were suspected of being behind the bombing ; Azahari was killed in a police raid in November 2005 at Batu, East Java, while Noordin was killed on 17 September 2009 at Surakarta, Central Java.

Imogiri is now ' full up ', both the Girimulya and Saptorenggo sections have three generations interred, unless the traditional practice is changed for any reason, the current living rulers in Surakarta and Yogyakarta would now need to prepare a new section each on each ' side ' of the graveyard to continue the practice of the last 400 years.

In 1940 Gesang, then a young, destitute and untrained musician, composed the song on a bamboo flute and began to sing it at local functions and gatherings in his hometown of Surakarta.

It is located 13 km east of Yogyakarta on the way to Prambanan temple, on the south side of the main road ' Jalan Solo ' between Yogyakarta and Surakarta.

* Kraton Kartasura on the outskirt of Surakarta, remains of palace and city wall, also dated from 17th century

The song describes the legendary river in a poetic and nostalgic way, that it is surrounded by mountains, its sources are near the city of Surakarta, that it ends in the sea, and that the merchants make use of it.

* Solo, Central Java or Surakarta, a city in Indonesia

After defeating the last opponent duke of Jipang-Panola, Jaka Tingkir, also known as Sultan Hadiwijaya, he claimed the throne and moved the capital to the city of Pajang, located about 8 miles from present-day Surakarta.

To commemorate this event, the main street of the city of Surakarta was renamed " Brigadier General Slamet Riyadi Street ".

At each of the city borders stands a gapura kraton or Javanese entrance monument, erected in 1931 – 32 during the reign of Pakubuwono X in Kasunanan Surakarta.

After Surakarta became a city, it was divided into five subdistricts ( kecamatan ), each led by a camat, and 51 kelurahan, each led by a lurah.

Surakarta as a dense core city in Central Java, and its second city, spills considerably into neighboring regencies.

* Langgam jawa, a regional form of Indonesian kroncong music most often associated with the city of Surakarta

In Central Java the city of Surakarta ( Solo ) and city of Yogyakarta are most famous and the most commonly imitated style of puppets.

Although the real political power in those days actually lies in colonial Dutch, The Javanese kings in their keratons still hold their prestiges as the center of Javanese realm, especially in and around Surakarta and Yogyakarta.

In 1950 Surakarta, or Solo, was a trade center for such agricultural products as rice, rubber, corn, indigo, cassava, and sugar.

The Wayang Orang performed at the Gedung Wayang Orang, SriwedariHowever, the decline continued, and in 1757, after the kingdom of Mataram was divided into the Surakarta Sultanate ( northern court ) and the Yogyakarta Sultanate ( southern court ), another rival royal house of Mangkunegoro was established by Raden Mas Said, also known as Pangeran Samber Nyowo ( The Slayer Prince ), right in the centre of Solo.

A typical large, double gamelan in contemporary Solo ( Surakarta ) will include, in the sléndro set, one saron panerus ( or saron peking ), two saron barung, one or two saron demung, one gendér panerus, one gender barung, one slenthem ( or " gender panembung "), one bonang panerus and one bonang barung ( each with twelve gongs ), one gambang kayu, one siter or celempung, one rebab, one suling, one pair of kethuk and kempyang, one set of three to five kenong, one set of three to five kempul, one to three gong suwukan, and one gong ageng.

* His Princely Highness Pakubuwono X ( 1866 – 1939 ), the 10th Susuhunan, ruler of the past Surakarta ( now in present Surakarta, Indonesia ), awarded the Order, 2nd Class, with Star.

* State University of Surakarta ( Universitas Negeri Surakarta ), a university in Indonesia