Don Juan de Silva, governor of the Philippines,
sails with a powerful expedition against the Dutch
settlements and commerce, but dying at Malacca,
the fleet returns to Manila without effecting any
thing.
Don Andres Alearas, governor of the Philippines.
Speelberg, the Dutch admiral, arriving by the
Straits of Magellan, blockades the harbour of Manila.
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Laurent Beaal, governor-general of the Dutch
Indies.
The Dutch capture Pulo-ay, one of the Spice
Islands.
C. 1617. S. 15S9. H. 1026.
April 14.—An action is fought between a Dutch
and Spanish squadron, with partial loss on both
sides.
Martoloyo, the commander of the Mataram
forces, conquers the district of Pasuruhan, and carries
off all the women who fall into his hands.
The chief of Pajang revolts, and is defeated.
C. 1618. S. 1540. H. 1027 .
The sultan of Mataram in Java conquers the
district of Tuban, and makes slaves of the female
prisoners. The Dutch plunder and burn the town
of Japara.
July 2.—Don Alonzo Faxardo, governor of the
Philippines.
Jan Pietersz Coen, governor-general of the Dutch
Indies.
The kings of Bantam1 and Jacatra, with the English,
enter into a plot to expel the Dutch from
Java, and hostilities commence.
C. 1619. S. 1541. H. 1028.
The Dutch enter into a capitulation to surrender
their garrison at Jacatra, but are saved by the
secession of the king of Bantam from the league
against them.
The name of Batavia is bestowed on the Dutch
fort at Jacatra.
May 28.—Coen returns from Amboyna with a
large force, and attacks and destroys the town of
Jacatra.
The Dutch commence hostilities with the Ban-
tamese, which last ten years.
Tomamenanga ri Gaokana, king of Goa Macassar,
lays the states of Bima, Tambora, Dompo,
and Sangar, in the island of Sambawa, under contribution.
The king of Achin conquers Queda and Perah,
in the Malayan Peninsula, and Dili in Sumatra.
C. 1620. S. 1542. H. 1029.
The Dutch and English East India Companies
having entered into treaty, the former propose the
reduction of the Banda Isles as a joint enterprise,
which the latter decline, declaring their want of