istoryworld
Events relating to southeast asia
The first human inhabitants of Australia make the crossing from southeast Asia
The water buffalo, domesticated somewhere in southeast Asia, features on the seals of the Indus civilization
The red jungle fowl is domesticated as poultry in southeast Asia
A delegate from imperial China establishes the kingdom of Nam-Viet with himself as king
Theravada Buddhism, strong in south India and Sri Lanka, travels with traders through southeast Asia
The city of Angkor and the great temple of Angkor Wat are created by the Khmer dynasty in Cambodia
A Muslim ruler is established in Malacca, forming the first of many Muslim dynasties in the Malay archipelago
The Portuguese take control of Malacca, in the Malay peninsula, as a base for trade further east
The Portuguese make treaties in the Moluccas (or Spice Islands), to trade in cloves and nutmeg
Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines, in a skirmish with natives
The Portuguese establish a trading post on Macao, a small peninsula off the south coast of China
The Spanish governor general, Legazpi, makes his capital at Manila,and names the surrounding islands the Philippines after Philip II
The Philippines and its governor general are placed under the authority of the Spanish governor of New Spain, ruling from Mexico City
The first Dutch expedition round the Cape reaches Java and secures trading agreements
The Dutch gradually exclude the Portuguese from the immensely lucrative trade in cloves from the Spice Islands (or Moluccas)
The Dutch expel the Portuguese from their trading posts in Malacca
Hindu princes and brahmin priests withdraw from Java to Bali, turning the island into the last outpost of Hinduism in southeast Asia
To protect their market, the Dutch destroy all clove trees in the Moluccas except on two islands, Amboina and Ternate
Napoleon III sends forces to capture the port of Da Nang, beginning the French colonization of Vietnam
France establishes a protectorate over Cambodia
Eruption of the volcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa sends six cubic miles of debris into the atmosphere and causes a huge tsunami
The imperial government in China formally acknowledges Portuguese territorial rights in Macao
France brings Cambodia and Vietnam into a federation of protectorates under the title French Indochina
France incorporates Laos within French Indochina
The Philippines declare independence from the colonial power, Spain, with whom they are at war
