Maluku

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Were the Portuguese possessions in the Maluku islands (Indonesia).

Establishment

January 1523: The Portuguese were permitted to build a fort on the island, today known as Kastella, construction of which began in 1522, but relations between the Ternateans and Portuguese were strained from the start.

January 1523: The Portuguese were permitted to build a fort (Kastella) on the island.

Chronology

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1. War of the Portuguese Succession

Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

2. Dutch-Portuguese War

Was a global conflict between the Portuguese Empire and the Dutch Empire. The conflict primarily saw the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the East Indies.

2.1.Operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans

Were the military operations of the Dutch in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during the Dutch-Portuguese War.

January 1606: Amboina was captured by the Portuguese.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1576: Following the murder of Sultan Hairun at the hands of the Portuguese, the Ternateans expelled the Portuguese from Kastella in 1575 after a five-year siege.

January 1576: When Sultan Hairun was murdered and his head exhibited on a pike in 1570, Muslim Ternateans rebelled against the Portuguese who were besieged in their castle until 1575 when a new Sultan made the castle his palace.

January 1577: Portuguese establish an ouputs at Amboina/Ambon.

January 1579: Tidore was under Dutch colonial rule from 1578.