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
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.
The Sultanate of Mataram was an early modern state based on the island of Java that lasted from the late 16th century to the 18th century. At its peak, Mataram was one of the most powerful kingdoms in
Trunajaya rebellion
…Rebellion (also spelled Trunojoyo) 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 (VOC) in Java (in modern-day Indonesia). The uprising was initially successful; the rebels gained Gegodog (1676), the…
Kota Gede, the former capital of the Mataram Sultanate, founded in 1582 by Sutawijaya (Panembahan Senapati).
Siege of Batavia by Sultan Agung in 1628
Jousting in Mataram, 1676.
Sultan Amangkurat II of Mataram (upper right) watching warlord Untung Surapati fighting Captain Tack of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). ca 1684 AD.