ter a reign of sixteen years, and is succeeded by
his eldest son, Susunan Prabu.
The princes Blitar and Purboyo, brothers of the
Susunan, rebel.—Nine of the principal persons
concerned in their revolt are taken prisoners, and
being ranged in order before the Susunan, he requests
his courtiers to show their attachment to his
person by putting them to death, when a number
of them rush upon the prisoners, and poignard
them on the spot.
The impostor, Pangeran Kudus, or Ponchowati,
raises a rebellion in Java, is defeated, wounded,
and, on being taken, put to death.
Aryo Mataram, uncle to the Susunan, revolts.
Joyo Purpito, the head of the great rebellion
in Java, dies a natural death.
The natives of Sumatra, irritated by the misconduct
of the agents of the English East India Company,
rise upon the Europeans at Bencooien, and
the garrison, panic-struck, abandons the fort.
The natives of Bencooien, alarmed for the encroachments
of the Dutch, invite the English to
come back, who return accordingly.
The king of Boni becomes jealous of his sister,
Batara Toja, or Datu Chita, and persecutes her
and her husband.
October 11.—The governor of the Philippines
acts in a tyrannical manner, and loses his life in a
tumult of the citizens of Manila, who raise the
archbishop to the government in his stead.
. C. 1720. J. 1644. H. 1130.
Pangeran Blitar, one of the rebels in Java, who
had taken the title of sultan, is defeated by the
Dutch and Susunan, but the victory not being taken
advantage of, he is soon again in a condition to
take the field.
The nobles of Boni in Celebes are disgusted at
the conduet of their king, Lapadang Sajati.—They
depose him, and re-elect his. sister Batara Toja,
who immediately resigns in favour of her half-
brother, the deposed king of Goa, Sapuale-e.
C. 1 7 2 1 . J. 1645. H. 1131.
Aryo Mataram, uncle to the Susunan, is seized
by a treacherous négociation of the Dutch, decoyed
into the fort of Japàra, and there, with his family,
to the number of eighteen persons, massacred in
cold blood.
August 6. Don Toribio Casio, Marquis de
Torre Campo, governor of the Philippines.
C. 172 2 . J. 1646. H. 1132.
A famine and epidemic prevail among the belligerent
parties in Java, and both the European
and native troops are swept off in great numbers.
The rebel sultan falls a victim to the disorder.
April 22— The conspiracy of Erberfeld is discovered
at Batavia, and the conspirators are broken
on the wheel.
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