Dutch, le§t hjs public execution might excite a tur
mult among the people.
C. 1660. J. J582. II. 1070.
The war still continues to ravage the Moluccas.
A copper currency is substituted for tin coin by
order of the sultan of Mqtaram .—The Pangeran of
Surabaya, and forty of his family, are wantonly put
to death by order of the sultan.
The Dutch send a force against Macassar;—?
they destroy six Portuguese ships, and capture the
fort of Panekoka. Peace is concluded between the
Dutch and Macassars.
0. 16 6 1 . J. 1583. P . IO7 I.
The Macassars conquer the kingdom of Sopeng
in Celebes.
C. 1662, J. 1584, H. 1072,
Kwe Sing Kong or Coxinga, haying conquered
Formosa from the Dutch, sends a mission to Manila,
requiring the payment of tribute, and his acknowledgment
as sovereign of the Philippines.
The governor of the Philippines, jn consequence
of the hostility of Coxinga, directs all the Chinese
to quit the Philippines,
Coxinga dies, and his unwarlike son succeeding,
the Philippines are relieved from the danger of a
Chinese invasion,
C. 1663. J. 1585. H. 1074,
The Spaniards finally quit the Moluccas.
Don Diego Salcedo, governor of the Philippines.
C. 1664. J. 1586. H. 1072.
The Dutch reduce under their sway the principal
portion of the west coast of Sumatra.
A volcanic eruption of the mountain Marapi
in Java takes place.
The Dutch, under Admiral Vander Laen, send
a fleet against Palembang in Sumatra, which they
capture and burn.
C. 1665. J. 1587. H. 1073.
The inhabitants of Pao in Sumatra massacre the
Dutch officers and gai rison of the island of Chingo.
The Macassars fit out a great expedition of seven
hundred vessels, and twenty thousand men, for the
conquest of Butung and the Xulla Isles, and
eventually for that of the Moluccas. They conquer
the people of Butung, who redeem themselves
for seven hundred and eighty katis of gold,
(about seven hundred ounces.)
C, 1666. J. 1588. H. 1074.
The Dutch send a great force, under Admiral
Speelman, for the conquest of Macassar, They
give the Macassars a complete overthrow at Butung,
and, not knowing how to dispose of their prisoners,
they leave five thousand on a desert island.
C. I 667. J. 1590. H. 1070.
The Dutch reconquer the whole west coast of
Sumatra, from Salebar to Barus.
The people of Boni in Celebes, with auxiliaries
from Ternate and Butung, join the Dutch, when
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