5^0 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. against the king of Siam, and requesting ship- wrights, who are sent to him. August 'ii^. — The king of Mataram sends ^ fresh army to attack Batavia. Sept. 21. — The Javanese assault the fortress of Batavia, and are driven back with loss* Sept. 25. — The Dutch governor-general dying, James Speex is nominated in his room. Sept. ^9. — The Javanese renew the assault on the fort, and are again defeated. Oct. 20. — The Javanese make a third and lasfc attack on the fortress of Batavia. The Javanese raise the siege of Batavia, and re- treat, having, it is alleged, lost by famme, death, or desertion, one half of an army, amounting to from one hundred to one hundred and twenty thousand men* C. 1632. S. 1554. H. 10i2. July 22. — Don Lorenzo Olaso, provisional go- vernor of the Philippines. Henry Brouwer, governor-general of the Dutch Indies. C. 1633. J. 1555. H. 1043. The Dutch governor-general sends a fruitless embassy to the king of Bali, to claim his assistance against the sultan of Mataram. The sultan of Mataram directs measures to be taken for changing the kalendar ; and the lunar months are adopted instead of the solar.
