the Dutch make war upon them, and reduce them
to entire subjection.
The Spaniards attempt the conversion of the inhabitants
of the Palaos, or Pelew Islands, but the
priests sent with that view were never heard of after
landing.
C. 1 7 1 2 . J. 16 36. H. 11
Sapuale-e, king of Goa, is formally deposed by
the national council, and Mapa Orange, king of
Tallo, raised to the throne in his room.
C. 171-3. J. 1637. H. i 123.
The king of Boni is inconsolable for the loss of
a beloved concubine, and proposes, in his grief, to
abdicate the throne, and undertake4he pilgrimage,
but is dissuaded by his courtiers.
The Javanese chiefs of Surabaya, Madura, Blam-
bangan, and Kadiri, with the assistance of Dewa
Agung, king of Bali, unite in a confederacy a-
sainst the Dutch and Susunan.
The Dutch banish the king of Tambora in
Sambawa to the Cape of Good Hope.
Christopher Van Zwol, governor-general of the
Dutch Indies.
C. 1714. J. 1638. H. 1124.
The king of Boni, Mapa Orange, dies, and is
succeeded by his eldest daughter, Batara Toja.
The settlement of the English at Bencoolen is
removed from its first station to Port Marlborough.
1
C. 1 7 15 . J. 1689. H. 1125.
February 4.—Senor Torralba, provisional governor
of the Philippines.
Batara Toja resigns the crown in favour of her
half-brother, Lapadang Sejati, king of Sopeng.
C. 1 7 1 7 . J. 1641. H. 11 “¿7 .
August 9»—Don Fernando nor of the Philippines. Bustamante, goverThe
governor of the Philippines sends a mission
to Siam, to cultivate friendly and commercial relations
with that country, and the Spaniards obtain
liberty to settle a factory ; but a ship of Siam
having, in the mean time, come to Manila, and the
crew being ill used by the Spaniards, the effects
of the mission are frustrated.
C. 1718. J. 1642. H. 1128.
Joyo Puspito, chief of Surabaya, defeats the
bDauytac.h and Susunan in a battle fought near SuraThe
prince of Madura revolts, and, being defeated,
takes shelter on board a Dutch frigate, where a
muck taking place, he, his brother, and son, with
tthheei rc alipvteasi.n of the Dutch frigate, and others, lose
DuHtcehn rIyn dZiewsa,rdekroon, governor-general of the
C. 17J9. J. 1643. H. 1129.
February,*—'The Susunan Pakubuwana dies, af