Attack on Surabaya

Date: May 4, 1677 • Location: Surabaya, Indonesia

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1677.

Trunajaya rebellion: Dutch East India Company forces under Cornelis Speelman began an attack on Surabaya, on the island of Java.

The Trunajaya Rebellion or Trunajaya War was a conflict in the 1670s led by the Madurese prince Trunajaya and Makassarese fighters against the Mataram Sultanate and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Java.