CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 617 Don Geronimo de Silva, provisional governor of the Philippines^ A Dutch squadron appearing off the coast of the Philippines, the Spanish governor goes out with a fleet to meet it, and is shamefully defeated. Tomamenanga ri Gaokana, king of Goa Macas- sar, sails with a fleet, and subdues Butung, Bongai, the Xulla Isles, Baru, and Kute, and makes a treaty with Bali. He strikes a gold coin, the first ever coined in Celebes. . C. 1625. S. 1547. H. 1034. Mataram, in Java, is afflicted by a fatal epidemic disease. Don Fernando de Silva, provisional governor of the Philippines; The Spaniards make a settlement on the east side of Formosa, and are successful in converting the native inhabitants to Christianity. C. 16^26, S. 1548. H. 1035. Don Juan Nino de Tabora, governor of the Philippines. An expedition sails from the Philippines a- gainst the Dutch establishment in Formosa, but returns without reaching the place, or effecting any thing. The Spaniards of the Philippines fit out an expedition against the Dutch commerce, which sails to Siam, where the Dutch being protected by the king of that country, the Spanish com- mander burns their junks, and takes prisoners the
