Sultanate of Brunei
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Was a Malay sultanate on the norther coast of Borneo island in Southeast Asia. It was a predecessor to modern-day Brunei. Whereas modern Brunei is a small country, Brunei was a dominant power of the region that controlled vast territories. These territories were slowly absorbed by other polities, most of them created by European colonists, in particular the Raj of Sarawak.
Establishment
January 1369: Establishment of the Sultanate of Brunei.
Chronology
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Was a conflict between the Spanish Empire and several Muslim states in Southeast Asia, including the Sultanates of Brunei, Sulu, and Maguindanao.
April 1578: In 1578, Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo led the invasion of Kota Batu, the capital of Brunei. This military occupation marked Spain's successful expansion into the region, establishing their presence in Southeast Asia.
June 1578: In 1578, Spanish forces led by Governor Guido de Lavezaris suffered heavy losses in Kota Batu, Brunei due to a cholera or dysentery outbreak. Weakened by illness, they decided to abandon the territory and return to Manila on 26 June 1578.
Was a military campaign by the Sultanate of Mataram in the early 17th century that resulted in the capture of the Duchy of Surabaya and its allies in eastern Java, in modern-day Indonesia.
January 1623: Sukadana in Borneo fell to the Mataram Sultanate in 1622.
Was a civil war fought in the Bruneian Empire from 1660 to 1673.
January 1674: Eastern part of Sabah given to Sulu Sultanate as the reward for assisting the Muhyiddin's Forces.
January 1401: The rulers of Brunei to increase their influence over the coast of Borneo.
November 1405: The Sultanate of Sulu was founded on 17 November 1405 by a Johore-born explorer and religious scholar Sharif ul-Hashim. Paduka Mahasari Maulana al Sultan Sharif ul-Hashim became his full regnal name, Sharif-ul Hashim is his abbreviated name. He settled in Buansa, Sulu. After the marriage of Abu Bakr and a local dayang-dayang (princess) Paramisuli, he founded the sultanate.
January 1438: Negara Daha was a Hindu kingdom now located in the Regency of Hulu Sungai Selatan.
January 1501: During the rule of Bolkiah, the fifth Sultan of Brunei, the empire held control over coastal areas of northwest Borneo (present-day Brunei, Sarawak and Sabah) and reached Seludong (present-day Manila), Sulu Archipelago including parts of the island of Mindanao.
January 1501: Barangay states known to exist in ca. 1500 AD.
January 1516: Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan of Johor introduced Islam in the area, which was earlier Hindu influenced from Srivijaya times, at the end of the 16th century and established himself as Sultan seated in Malabang-Lanao.
January 1522: During the reign of Sultan Bolkiah in 1485 to 1521, the Sultanate of Brunei decided to break Tondo's monopoly in the China trade by attacking Tondo and establishing the state of Selurung as a Bruneian satellite-state.
September 1526: The founder of the Sultanate of Banjar, Raden Samudra, was of royal lineage of the Kingdom of Negara Daha. He escaped from the Kingdom of Daha to the Barito River area, because his safety was in danger, and established a new kingdom at Banjarmasin. With help from Mangkubumi Aria Taranggana, Raden Samudra converted to Islam on 24 September 1526, changing his name to Sultan Suriansyah. Banjar at first paid tribute to the Sultanate of Demak.
January 1531: Around 1530, the Brunei Sultanate waged a war against the Luzon Empire to take advantage of the empire's privileged trade ties with the Ming Dynasty. Because the sultan won the war, he founded the city of Maynilad, present-day Manila, on the opposite bank of the Pasig River. By founding Maynilad, the Sultan of Brunei weakened the Luzon Empire.
January 1600: The Sultanate of Sarawak (Malay: Kesultanan Sarawak; Jawi:كسلطانن سراوق دارول هان) was a traditional Malay kingdom, precursor of the present-day Kuching Division, Sarawak. The kingdom was founded in 1599 and witnessed the reign of a sole Sultan, Sultan Tengah, Prince of Brunei, known as Ibrahim Ali Omar Shah of Sarawak.
January 1602: In the beginning of the 17th-century, Palembang became one of the centers of Islam in Indonesia. The sultanate of Kraton Kuto Gawang was founded in the area by Ki Gede ing Suro, a nobleman from the Demak Sultanate.
January 1610: Sambas became a kingdom in 1609 with the descendant of Sepudak.
January 1642: The Sarawak Sultanate was reunified with Brunei following the death of the popular sultan, marking the end of an era.
January 1662: Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa extended Banten's rule to Landak in Western Borneo.
January 1705: In 1704 the Sultan of Brunei ceded the lands East of Marudu Bay to the Sultan of Sulu.
January 1732: The Bulungan Sultanate was founded by the Uma Apan, a Kayan group from the Apo Kayan region. They settled near the coast in the 17th century, establishing their rule in actual North Kalimantan in 1731.
January 1741: The Empire lost much of its territory due to the arrival of the western powers such as the Spanish in the Philippines.
January 1741: Territorial evolution of the Sultanate of Brunei.
January 1801: Territorial evolution of the Sultanate of Brunei.
September 1841: The Raj of Sarawak was established as an independent state from a series of land concessions acquired by an Englishman, James Brooke, from the Sultanate of Brunei.
December 1846: The Crown Colony of Labuan was a British Crown colony on the northwestern shore of the island of Borneo established in 1848 after the acquisition of the island of Labuan from the Sultanate of Brunei in 1846. Brooke acquired the island for Britain through the Treaty of Labuan with the Sultan of Brunei, Omar Ali Saifuddin II on 18 December 1846.
January 1854: The Sultan of Brunei ceded Saribas and Skrang districts, which later became the Second Division, to the Sarawak Raj Brooke in 1853.
January 1862: In 1861, the Rajah of Sarawak acquired the vast Rajang River basin, which subsequently became the Third Division of the country.
January 1866: The American Trading Company of Borneo was a chartered company formed by Joseph William Torrey, Thomas Bradley Harris together with several Chinese investors shortly after the acquisition over a parcel of land in northern Borneo from the Sultanate of Brunei.
January 1878: The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878 to a German-born representative of Austria-Hungary, a businessman and diplomat, von Overbeck.
January 1883: Charles Brooke expanded the Raj of Sarawak's territory at the expense of Brunei.
June 1884: The company of North Borneo acquired further sovereign and territorial rights from the sultan of Brunei, expanding the territory under control to the Putatan river.
December 1884: The Padas district was acquired by North Borneo.
January 1885: Charles Brooke expanded the Raj of Sarawak's territory at the expense of Brunei.
March 1885: The Kawang river area is acquired by North Borneo.
September 1888: Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin made an attempt in 1888 to stop further British advances through diplomatic means. In the same year they signed a "Treaty of Protection" and made Brunei a British protectorate.
Disestablishment
September 1888: Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin made an attempt in 1888 to stop further British advances through diplomatic means. In the same year they signed a "Treaty of Protection" and made Brunei a British protectorate.
Selected Sources
Pluvier, J. M. (1995): Historical Atlas of South-East Asia, Leiden (Netherlands), maps 17, 38, 54
