Ternate and Tidore sultanates

Ternate and Tidore sultanates was a state in Java and Eastern Indonesia (Southeast Asia) that lasted from c. 1450 to 1914 CE, about 464 years. Its people spoke Austronesian languages (Malay, Javanese, Cham, Tagalog, Malagasy, Polynesian, Maori).

Rival Muslim sultanates in North Maluku, then the world's only source of cloves, which played Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch traders against each other. Ternate's Sultan Baabullah expelled the Portuguese in 1575.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1450 to 1914 CE

Duration

464 years

Type

State

Region

Java and Eastern Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Language family

Austronesian

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 1471 Dai Viet conquers Vijaya
• 1511 Portuguese capture Malacca
• 1521 Magellan killed at Mactan
• 1565 Manila galleon route opens
• 1619 Batavia founded
• 1767 Fall of Ayutthaya
• 1815 Eruption of Tambora
• 1824 Anglo-Dutch Treaty

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE
• Majapahit Empire c. 1293 to 1527 CE
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Malacca Sultanate c. 1400 to 1511 CE
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Bruneian Sultanate c. 1368 to 1888 CE
• Sultanate of Sulu c. 1405 to 1915 CE
• Lan Na 1292 to 1775 CE
• Aceh Sultanate 1496 to 1903 CE
• Later Le dynasty 1428 to 1789 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa

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