Sultanate of Banten

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Was an Islamic kingdom founded in the 16th century and centred in Banten, a port city on the northwest coast of Java.

Establishment

January 1528: Sunan Gunungjati and his son settled in Banten Girang, and took control of both the port of Banten and Kelapa, while the king of Sunda was powerless to prevent this take over. Sunan Gunungjati crowned Hasanudin king of Banten with authority bestowed by the Sultan of Demak who, in turn, offered Hasanudin his sister's hand in marriage. Thus, a new dynasty was born at the same time as a new kingdom was created. Banten was the capital of this kingdom, held as a province under Sultanate of Cirebon.

Chronology

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1. 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.

January 1620: After conflict with the Dutch over the pepper trade in 1619, the Dutch East India Company Governor-General Jan Pieterszoon Coen took the port of Jayakarta from Banten. He founded Batavia (now Jakarta) on the ruins of this Javanese town, which became the centre of VOC operation and a serious rival for Banten, later contributing to its decline.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1561: Hasanuddin decided to launch the final blow to what remained of the kingdom of Sunda. Maulana Yusuf led the attack on Dayeuh Pakuan, its capital city located in modern Bogor. After losing its most important port Sunda Kelapa, the kingdom, already deprived of its trading revenues, was of symbolic importance only. The kingdom put up little resistance and henceforth Banten ruled over the entire territory of the former kingdom of Sunda, which corresponds to most of current Indonesian province of West Java.

January 1571: When Hasanuddin died in 1570, the royal kingdom of Banten comprised all of Sunda, except for Cirebon, and all of southern Sumatra, as far as Tulangbawang (modern-day Lampung) in the northeast and Bengkulu in the northwest. Trade was expanding to become one of the largest in Southeast Asia.

January 1580: From 1567 to 1579, under the last king Raja Mulya, also known as Prabu Surya Kencana, the Sunda Kingdom declined substantially. It fell under the domination of Banten in 1579.

January 1596: Mataram king Panembahan Senapati forced Cirebon and Galuh in West Java to acknowledge Mataram's overlordship in 1595.

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 1604: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1603.

January 1620: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1619.

January 1620: Territorial losses of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1619.

January 1630: In 1629, the territory of Priangan was taken from Banten and given to the Mataram Sultanate. This decision was made during the reign of Sultan Agung of Mataram and Sultan Abu al-Ma'ali of Banten.

January 1630: Banten lost Pajajaran to Mataram.

January 1662: Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa extended Banten's rule to Landak in Western Borneo.

January 1671: The Dutch forced Banten to give up their control on Cirebon.

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 1693: The VOC, or Dutch East India Company, gained control of Bogor and Priangan Highlands in 1692, reducing the power of Banten and making it a protectorate. This marked a significant shift in the political landscape of West Java during that time.

January 1701: Expansion of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia by 1700.

January 1753: In 1752, the Dutch East India Company annexed territories on western Borneo and southern Sumatra that were previously held by the Sultanate of Banten. This expansion was part of the Dutch colonial efforts in the region.

November 1808: On 22 November 1808, Daendels declared from his headquarters in Serang that the Sultanate of Banten had been absorbed into the territory of the Dutch East Indies.

Disestablishment

November 1808: On 22 November 1808, Daendels declared from his headquarters in Serang that the Sultanate of Banten had been absorbed into the territory of the Dutch East Indies.