C. 1644. J. 1566. H. 1054.
Mataram is visited bÿ à second great epidemic.
August ii.—Don Diego Far ado, governor of
thé Philippines,
The Dutch make an attempt on Sooloo and
Mindanao, but are defeated.
C. 1645. J. 1567. H. 1055.
The Dutch, with a squadron of eleven ships*
make various attempts upon Manila and other
parts of thé Philippines, but finally retreat without
effecting any thing.
Salicala, son of the king of Sooloo, and the Malays
of Borneo, commit great depredations on the
coasts of thé Spanish possessions in the Philippines.
The Spaniards of the Philippines send a retaliatory
expedition against the Malays of Borneo,
which destroys many of their villages, and carries
off two hundred prisoners as slaves.
A most formidable insurrection of the natives
takes place throughout the Philippines, which is
quelled with difficulty.
A succession of earthquakes takes place during
sixty days in the Philippine Islands, when the
tówn of Manila is entirely destroyed, and many
lives losé;
Cornelias Van der Lyn, governor-general of thé
Dutch Indies,
April 26.—The Dutch send a mission to the
sultan of Mataram, and conclude a treaty of pe§ep
with him.
The sultan of Mataram in Java sends a mission
to the king of Macassar in Celebes.
C. 1646. J. 1568. II. 1056.
The sultan of Mataram dies, and. is succeeded
by his spn, Tagalarqm.
C. 1647. J. 1569. H. 1057.
The sultan of Mataram suppresses a revolt qf
the people of Blambangaq, aided by the people qf
Bali.
C. 1648. J. 1570. II. 1058.
The Moluccas continue in a state of insurree-
tioni and the inhabitants carry on a continual warfare
with the D utch.,
C. 1649. J. 1 5 7 1 . H. 1059.
The sultan qf Mataram issues an order fq his
subjects, enjoining all the men to marry each two
"wives.
C. 1650. J. 1572. H. 1060.
Charles Reinerzooq, governor-general of the
Dutch Indies.
C. 1651. J. 1573. H. 1061.
The sultan of Mataram constructs a palace at
Plered, and removes his court thither. The Adi-
pati of Jambi, and the chiefs of Cheribon in Sumatra,
do homage at Mataram.
C. 1652, J. 15 74 . If. 1Q62.
Jan. —The king of Ternate is carried off to