The siege of Batavia was a military campaign led by Sultan Agung of Mataram to capture the Dutch port-settlement of Batavia in Java. The first attempt was launched in 1628, and the second in 1629; both were unsuccessful.
Siege of Batavia by Sultan Agung in 1628
Javanese prahus, at the 1628 siege of Batavia. Compare the size with the moored East Indiaman.
Sultan Anyakrakusuma is known as Sultan Agung was the third Sultan of Mataram in Central Java ruling from 1613 to 1645. He was a skilled soldier who conquered neighbouring states and expanded and consolidated his kingdom to its greatest territorial and military power.
Sultan Agung of Mataram
Burial place of Sultan Agung of Mataram in Imogiri, Yogyakarta (circa 1915)