Sultanate of Demak
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Was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak.
Establishment
January 1476: Rise of Demak Sultanate.
January 1476: The foundation of Demak is traditionally attributed to Raden Patah (r. 1475-1518), a Javanese noble related to Majapahit royalty.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1479: The whole court of Majapahit fled to Bali following the conquest by the Muslim rulers in 1478 and established an independent kingdom on the island.
January 1481: Many territories in Peninsular Malaysia and eastern Sumatra and the surrounding islands were conquered by Mansur Shah and Alauddin Riayat Shah of Malacca.
January 1507: By about 1500, the Malacca Sultanate reached its maximum territorial extent. Its city of Malacca was the capital of a great Malay empire, the chief centre of trade in Indian cloth, Chinese porcelain and silk and Malay spices, and the headquarters of Muslim activity in the Malay Archipelago.
January 1518: Fall of Daha to Demak.
January 1528: Following the disclosure of a news of Portuguese-Sunda alliance, Sultan ordered Fatahillah to capture Banten port of kingdom of Sunda in 1527.
January 1528: The settlements in Kalinyamat and the port of Jepara was established as a kadipaten or duchy under Demak Sultanate. The daughter of Sultan Trenggana of Demak, Retna Kencana and her husband, Sultan Hadlirin, was appointed as the duke and duchess of Kalinyamat by Demak Sultan.
January 1528: Following the disclosure of a news of Portuguese-Sunda alliance, the Sultan of Demak ordered to capture the Sunda Kelapa port.
January 1528: Demak was able to subdue other major ports and its reach extended into some inland areas of East Java that are not thought to have been Islamised at the time. Although evidence is limited, it is known that Demak's conquests covered much of Java: Tuban, an old Majapahit port mentioned in Chinese sources from the 11th century, was conquered c. 1527.
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.
January 1531: Madiun conquered by Sultanate of Demak.
January 1541: Surabaya conquered by Sultanate of Demak.
January 1541: pasuruan conquered by Sultanate of Demak.
January 1546: Sengguruh conquered by Sultanate of Demak.
January 1547: Surabaya was a Javanese principality centered in Surabaya, on the northeastern coast of Java that existed as an independent polity from c. 1546.
January 1547: panarukan conquered by Sultanate of Demak.
Disestablishment
January 1549: From 1548 to 1568 there was an interregnum due to various claimants after death of the last Demak ruler, King Trenggana of Demak Kingdom.
