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SHORT CHRONICLE
1829. The Rajah of Banggai, incited by some roving Bugis, among whom is a
certain Daeng Mangajae, rebels against the Sultan of Ternate. He drives away the Sultan’s
envoy with two kora-koras, then flees to Mandono where he is captured. He is taken to
Ternate and deposed as Rajah.
1830. J.H.J. Moorrees, second Resident of Ternate. The handing over of the
administration does not take place until April 30, 1831, [p. 176] as the Governor of the
Moluccas keeps the new functionary waiting for some time. 15
Cholera morbus claims many victims.
1833. The cultivation of spices is completely abandoned by the natives, in spite of
the fact that the monopoly has been abolished. The agricultural commission exists in name
only.
1834. A fierce fire, fanned by a strong northwesterly wind after a prolonged
drought, destroys a part of the Chinese camp and many houses belonging to Christian
natives at the capital Ternate (January 23). The fire could not be extinguished by human
effort.
A.J. van Olpen, third Resident of Ternate (May). 16
Founding of a government primary school in the capital (August).
1837. On board H.M. frigate Bellona, Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands visits the
main villages of Ternate and Tidore (April).
1839. D.F.H. Helbach, fourth Resident of Ternate (April).
A kora-kora fleet of the Sultan of Ternate leaves for Tobungku, where a rebellion has
broken out. The mutineers are defeated.
1840. Violent eruption of Ternate’s volcano. On February 2, tremors are felt which
recur on the 3rd and become shocks on the 13th. On the 14th, at 10 o’clock in the morning,
the most severe shaking occurs, after which not a single house in the capital is habitable. 17
[p. 177]
15 [p. 176, n. 1] The retired Resident Neijs stayed on at Ternate. Two pyramid-shaped pillars in
the old European graveyard indicate the place where he and his wife were buried.
16 [p. 176, n. 2] In a Resolution of the Indies Government dated November 10, 1834, No. 12, a
carriage, painted yellow with gilded edges, was to be sent to the Sultan of Ternate as a token of the
Government’s affection. While the same carriage is still used as the state carriage, the step has been
replaced with a lamp step because it had become rotten.
17 [p. 176, n. 3] Years later, a thanksgiving day was held on February 14 by the local residents in
the church of the [note continues, p. 177 bottom] Protestant congregation in remembrance of their
good fortune in not having perished with their wives and children in 1840 in the subterranean fire.
In recognition of the help provided during this earthquake, the Government gave to the
Sultan of Ternate a set of table silver, and to the Sultan of Tidore a silver tea service.
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