CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 523 A great number "of people are destroyed by the fall of a portion of the mountain Adiksa, in Java. C. 164^9^. J. 1664. H. 1052. Malacca is taken by the Dutch after a siege and blockade of five months. The viceroy of Goa sends a mission to the Dutch governor-general at Batavia, informing him of the succession of the duke of Braganza to the throne of Portugal. The Dutch, having taken possession of the island of Formosa, their vicinity occasions great consternation at Manila. C. 164.3. J. 1565. H. 1053. The Macassars of Goa invade Boni, make the king and other princes prisoners, and subdue the whole country, reducing the people to a state of bondage or slavery. The supremacy of Macassar over all Celebes is thus established. The truce of ten years for India is concluded between the Dutch and Portuguese. Tasman discovers New Zealand and Van Die- men's Land. Van Diemen begins the compilation of the co- lonial code of laws, called the Statutes oj Batavia. The Adipati, or prince of Palembang, does h6- mage in person at Mataram. The chief of the Ja- vanese colony at Banjarmassir in Borneo sends a fission to the same place.
