Aceh Sultanate
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Was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline.
Establishment
January 1497: The Sultanate of Aceh was founded by Ali Mughayat Syah in 1496.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Expansion during the rule of Iskandar Muda in the Aceh Sultanate.
January 1608: Alauddin Riayat Shah ibn Firman Shah conquered Pahang, a tin-producing region of the Malayan Peninsula.
January 1614: In 1613, the ambitious and warlike Sultan Iskandar Muda of Aceh, strike a final blow to seal the fate of Aru kingdom.
January 1630: Expansion of the Sultanate of Aceh by 1630.
January 1630: Aceh conquers the region of Kedah.
January 1631: The Asahan Sultanate was founded around 1630 by Rajah Abdul Jalil, the son of Sultan Iskandar Muda of Aceh. The territory was located in present-day Indonesia, near the coast of the Malacca Strait.
Was a war between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Dutch Empire.
2.1.First Dutch offensive
Was a Dutch military campaign to occupy the coast of the Sultanate of Aceh during the Aceh War.
May 1873: The Dutch occupied the coastal Area of the Aceh Sultanate.
January 1874: Forced to retreat, the Dutch imposed a naval blockade of Aceh.
2.2.Second Dutch offensive
Was a Dutch military campaign to occupy the interior of the Sultanate of Aceh during the Aceh War.
February 1874: By January 1874, deteriorating conditions forced Sultan Mahmud Syah and his followers to abandon Banda Aceh and retreat to the interior. Meanwhile, Dutch forces occupied the capital city (modern Banda Aceh) and the harbour town of Ulee Lheue.
2.3.Aceh counterratack
Was a counterattack by the Sultanate of Aceh against the Dutch invasion during the Aceh War.
January 1885: In 1884, the Dutch responded by withdrawing all their forces in Aceh into a fortified line around Banda Aceh.
January 1521: Ali Mughayat Syah, the sultante of Aceh, began campaigns to extend his control over northern Sumatra in 1520. His conquests included Deli, Pedir, and Pasai.
January 1525: The Acehnese took control of Pasai. In 1524 Pasai was eventually captured and the Portuguese garrison there was expelled.
January 1540: The fall of the port city of Kota Rentang to Aceh probably took place in 1539.
January 1569: In approximately 1568, a military commander from the Kingdom of Aru set up a kingdom which was the forerunner of the modern Langkat Sultanate.
January 1642: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1641.
January 1651: In the mid-17th century Ratu Kuning (the Yellow Queen) died. She is believed to be the last of four successive female rulers of Patani, which then went through decades of political chaos and conflict, experiencing a gradual decline.
October 1660: Kedah fell under Thai sovereignty.
January 1686: British Bencoolen was a possession of the British East India Company (EIC) from 1685. It covered about 480 km along the southwestern coast of Sumatra.
January 1725: Terengganu emerged as an independent sultanate in 1724.
January 1726: The Siak Sultanate was founded by Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmad Shah in 1725 in the region of present-day Indonesia. The Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura was established as a Malay Islamic kingdom with its capital in Siak Sri Indrapura.
January 1744: Daeng Chelak, one of the five Bugis warriors, married Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah's sister, Tengku Mandak. He was made the second Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Riau from 1728 until 1745. He appointed his son, Raja Lumu to become Yamtuan Selangor on 1743.
January 1758: During the period of 8 Jan 1758 - 1766, Selangor was under the sovereignty of the Johor Sultanate.
January 1765: In 1764, Kelantan regained its independence from Siam under the leadership of Sultan Muhammad I.
January 1767: Selangor becomes independent from the Aceh Sultanate.
January 1774: Raja Melewar became the first raja of Negeri Sembilan Sultanate.
April 1782: Syburi (present-day Kedah) and Trengganu in Malaysia are conquered by the Rattanakosin Kingdom.
January 1783: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1782.
January 1811: The state of Reman was founded in Patani between the older principalities of Pujut, Jalor and Legeh. It emerged as a single polity under Tuan Tok Nik Tok Leh in 1810. Tuan Tok Nik, also known as Tuan Mansor, a Patani nobleman, was appointed to observe the mining-activities in the area during the reign of Muhammad Raja Bakar, the Sultan of Patani.
January 1812: After a period of union with Johor, Pahang was eventually revived as a modern sovereign Sultanate in the 19th century by the Bendahara dynasty.
January 1817: Perak falls under Thai sovereignty.
February 1819: Singapore became the site of a British trading post in 1819 after its founder, Stamford Raffles, successfully involved the East India Company in a dynastic struggle for the throne of Johore. Thereafter the British came to control the entire island of Singapore, which was developed into a thriving colony and port. A formal treaty was signed on 6 February 1819.
March 1824: With the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Johor Sultanate was divided in zones of inluence between the British and the Dutch.
January 1825: The Riau-Lingga Sultanate was established in 1824 after the partition of the Johor-Riau Sultanate. The territory that went to the Riau-Lingga Sultanate included Peninsular Johor and the island of Singapore. This division was a result of a power struggle between Sultan Abdul Rahman and Sultan Hussein.
Disestablishment
January 1904: Dutch armies were able to force local Aceh lords to sign treaties of allegiance to the Dutch colonial overlords. The Sultan of Aceh surrendered to Dutch forces in 1903.
Selected Sources
Dutch East Indies Expansion. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dutch_East_Indies_Expansion.gif
