Arung Palakka
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Sultan Saaduddin Arung Palakka, or La Tenritatta to Unru' was a 17th-century Bugis prince and warrior. He supported the Dutch East India Company in the Makassar War against the Gowa Sultanate in his n
Potrait by Romeyn de Hooghe
The Makassar War (1666–1669), which saw Palakka's rise to power in South Sulawesi.
Trunajaya rebellion
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The Trunajaya Rebellion or Trunajaya War was a conflict in the 1670s led by the Madurese prince Trunajaya and Makassarese fighters against the Mataram Sultanate and the Dutch East India Company in Jav
Arung Palakka
…an outflow of people from South Sulawesi. Notably, some of these refugees settled in Java and joined forces with the Madurese prince Trunajaya in the Trunajaya rebellion against the Mataram Sultanate. The rebellion almost caused Mataram's collapse until the VOC intervened on behalf of Mataram. Palakka aided his VOC…
The taking of Makassar by the VOC in 1669 caused emigration of Makassarese fighters to Java, many of which would later join the rebels' side.
Cornelis Speelman, who led the VOC forces in the war in 1677, and later Governor-General of the VOC.
The grave of Amangkurat I in Tegal Arum Complex, Tegal Regency, Central Java.
Amangkurat II, the king of Mataram from 1677, in a Javanese traditional painting.