Sultanate of Ternate (Netherlands)

This article is about the specific polity Sultanate of Ternate (Netherlands) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Sultanate of Ternate was a Muslim kingdom in Indonesia. It became a Dutch vassal in 1683 and was integrated into the Dutch East Indies in 1914.

Establishment

January 1684: Vassalisation of the Sultanate of Ternate by Dutch.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1798: After several shifts Nuku allied with the British, who were at war with the Dutch after 1795 and were in the process of conquering Dutch colonial possessions. In 1797 he captured Bacan and then Tidore itself, expelling the VOC-backed Sultan Kamaluddin.