companions of Ignatius de Loyola, makes his appearance
at Malacca, and the Portuguese ascribe to
his presence the salvation of the place from a formidable
attack of the king of Achin.
Oct. 18.— The king of Achin sends an army of
one hundred thousand men against Malacca, with
a fleet of seventy large gallies, and having in his
army five hundred Turkish janissaries.
Dec. 24.—The Portuguese fleet go in search of
that of the king of Achin, and, attacking them in
the river of Parlas in Sumatra, gain a complete victory,
the Achinese losing four thousand men.
C. 1549. S. 1471. H. 956.
Saint Francis Zavier propagates Christianity in
the Moluccas.
C. 1550-51. S. 1472-73. H. 957-58.
Aladin, king of Jehor, with the assistance of
the neighbouring Malay princes, and the queen of
Japara in Java, sends a powerful fleet and army
against Malacca, which is greatly reduced by famine,
but at last relieved by the retreat of the
confederates. The heroic and veteran Laksimana,
with his son-in-law, are killed in this expedition.
C. 1556. S. 1478. H. 963.
Husen Shah ascends the throne of Achin.
C. 1557. S. 1479. H. 964.
Edward Deçà, the Portuguese governor of the
Moluccas, puts Aeiro, king of Ternate, in irons,
and imprisons him ; in consequence of which there
is a general insurrection throughout the island.
C. 1559. S. 1481. H.g66.
Aeiro, king of Ternate, is released and restored ;
in consequence of which tranquillity is re-established
throughout the Moluccas.
Sultan Abd-ul-Julil the Eirst ascends the throne
of Jehor.C
. 1565. S. 1487. H. 973.
Raja Firman Shah ascends the throne of Achin,
and is soon afterwards murdered.
Raja Jawil ascends the throne of Achin, and is
murdered soon after.
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, in the reign of
Philip the Second of Spain, takes nominal possession
of the Philippines.
Zebu, one of the Philippines, is conquered by
the Spaniards.
C. 1567. S. 1489. H. 975 .
Mansur Shah, a native of the Malay state of
Perah in the Peninsula, ascends the throne of
Achin.
The king of Achin joins in the league of the
western powers of India against the Portuguese,
and sends a fleet and army against Malacca.
C. 1568. S. 1490. H. 976.
The king of Achin in person goes against Malacca