A volcanic eruption from some mountain of
the neighbouring islands covers Java with ashes,
accompanied by a total darkness, from seven in the
morning until four in the afternoon.—A dreadful
famine and epidemic' afflict the island of Java.
Jacob Mossel, governor-general of the Dutch
Indies.
The English establish a settlement at Natal in
Sumatra.
C. 1758 . J. I 678. H. 1 16 4 .
The rebel Javanese princes, Mangkubumi and
Mangkunagoro, quarrel and separate.—They fight
a battle in Pronorogo, and Mangkubumi is defeated.
The Dutch make overtures to Mangkunagoro,
sending him, as a bribe, the body of his father,
brought, for that purpose, from Ceylon, where
he had died in banishment !
Amasa Madena, called also Batara Goa, succeeds
to the crown of Goa Macassar.
C. 1754. J. 1679-80. H. 1165-66.
The inhabitants of Sooloo, and other natives of
the surrounding states, invade the Philippines, and,
entering with fire and sword, murder the religious
orders, Indians and Spaniards, and carry off thousands
of the inhabitants of every description.
Don, Pedro Manuel de Arandia, governor of the
Philippines.
• December.—A dreadful eruption of a volcano,
accompanied by violent shocks of earthquakes, takes
place in the Philippines, by which a number of villages
are laid in ruins, and many lives destroyed.
C. I7 .55. J. 1680. H. 1 16 6 .
January 1.—The governor-general of the Dutch
Indies issues a code of sumptuary laws, in one
hundred and twenty-three articles.
The Spaniards of the Philippines, under the
priest Ducos, are successful in checking the inroads
of the neighbouring native states on the Philippines.
The Dutch and Susunan, despairing of any success
against Mangkubumi in the field, negocíate
with him to arrest his conquests, and cede to him
one half of the kingdom of the latter, under the
title of sultan.
The Dutch, the Susunan, and the newly created
sultan, pursue Mangkunagoro, and defeat him in a
variety of petty actions.
C. 1756. J. 168 I. H. II67.
The new sultan of Java fixes his capital at Yug-
yacarta, in the province of Mataram.
C. 1 7 5 7 . J. 1682-. H. 1168.
Mangkunagoro, eluding the pursuit of his enemies,
attacks the sultan’s capital in his absence,
and plunders it.
The confederated Dutch and Javanese find themselves
compelled to negocíate with Mangkunagoro,’
and he comes to terms on receiving an hereditary