The Chinese, to the number of ten thousand,
are massacred at Batavia by the Dutch, on suspicion
of a conspiracy.
Valckemer, the Dutch governor-general, arrests
three counsellors of the Indies for opposition to his
measures, and sends them to Europe.
C. 1741. J. 1666. H. 1152.
The Dutch governor-general proceeds for Europe,
but is arrested at the Cape of Good Hope,
and sent back to Batavia to be tried for the massacre
of the Chinese, and the arrest of his associates
in the government.
Jan Thiedens, governor-general of the Dutch
Indies.
Ih e Chinese are driven from their entrench-^
ments, eight miles from Batavia, and, retreating
to the eastward, join the Susunan in a league to
exterminate the Dutch.
The Susunan and the Chinese capture the Dutch
fortress at Cartasura, and put to death the European
officers who had surrendered by capitulation.
The Susunan and the Chinese march to Sama-
rang, and lay siege to the fort, with, according
to the Dutch statement, two hundred thousand
men.
The Dutch collect a force of twelve thousand
men at Samarang, make a sortie, and defeat the
besiegers.
The Susunan fo rc es his alliance with the Chinese,
of whom he massacres a number, and then
joins the Dutch.
The Chinese retreat into the interior of Java,
and raise to the throne a prince of the house of
Mataram, commonly called the Susunan Kuning.
November 29.—The Dutch celebrate their triumph
over the Chinese, by a public thanksgiving
at Batavia.
C, 1742. J. 1667. H. 1153.
Malawangao, king of Goa Macassar, dies, and is
succeeded by his infant brother, Mapa Bewasa.
The Chinese, with the Susunan Kuning, attack
the capital Cartasura, and take it.
The Madurese retake Cartasura, and the Chinese
retreat with their Susunan.
The Chinese are joined by Suryo Kusumo, better
known by the name of Mangkunagoro, and they
fight a number of actions with the Dutch troops,
and those of the Susunan.
Cartasura is abandoned, and the seat of government
is removed to Solo or Surakarta.
C. 1743. J. 1668. H. 2154.
The Chinese disperse, and the Susunan Kuning
surrendering himself to the Dutch, is banished to
Ceylon,
Gustavus; Willem, Baron d’Imhoff, governor-general
of the Dutch, Indies.
C. 1745. J. 1670. H. 1156.
The Dutch declare war against the prince of