5SS CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. * Dutch, lest his public execution mi^ht excite a tu- mult among the people. ^ C. 1660. J. 1582. H. 1070. The war still continues to ravage the Moluccas. A copper currency is substituted for tin coin by order of the sultan of Mataram. — The Pangeran of Surabaya, and forty of his family, are wantonly put to death by order of the sultan. The Dutch send a force against Macassar; — they destroy six Portuguese ships, and capture the fort of Panekoka. Peace is concluded between the Dutch and Macassars. C. 1661. J. 1583. H. 1071. The Macassars conquer the kingdom of Sopeng in Celebes. C. 1662. J. 1584. H. 1072. Kwe Sing Kong or Coxinga, having conquered Formosa from the Dutch, sends a mission to Ma- nila, requiring the payment of tribute, and his ac- knowledgment as sovereign of the Philippines. The governor of the Philippines, in consequence of the hostility of Coxinga, directs all the Chinese to quit the Philippines. Coxinga dies, and his unwarlike son succeeding, the Philippines are relieved from the danger of a Chinese invasion. C, 1663. J. 1585. ^H. IO74. The Spaniards finally quit the Moluccas. Don Diego Salcedo, governor of the Philippines^
