Makassar Resistance Against the Dutch

Name: Makassar Resistance Against the Dutch
Start: 1661
End: 1666

Type Event Region Asia Time 1661–1666

In the 1660s, the Gowa–Tallo sultanate of Makassar, under Sultan Hasanuddin, continued to resist the Dutch East India Company's monopoly over the spi…

Timeline

1661–1665Makassar · South SulawesiSultan Hasanuddin upheld Makassar's status as a free port, allowing non-Dutch merchants to participate in spice and maritime trade, directly challenging the VOC's trade monopoly and shipping control in eastern Indonesia.
1665–1666Seas off South Sulawesi · South SulawesiThe VOC intensified its naval blockade and military pressure; the Makassar fleet clashed with the Dutch, and tensions between the two sides escalated, setting the stage for the VOC's large-scale expedition launched in 1666.

Sources

Andaya, Leonard Y. — The Heritage of Arung Palakka: A History of South Sulawesi (C. 1600 to C. 1795) — Leonard Y. Andaya (1981)