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The First Bone War was a series of
Expedities naar Boni in 1824 en 1825
''Der Nederlandse Krijgsmacht'' (21 July 2015) Dutch conquest of Indonesia Conflicts in 1824 Conflicts in 1825 History of Sulawesi
The First Bone War was a series of punitive expedition
A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or union. It is usually undertaken in response to perceived disobedient or morally wrong behavio ...
s of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( nl, Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL, ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The ...
against the Bone state
Bone (also ''Boni'', or ''Bone Saoraja'') was a sultanate in the south-west peninsula of what is now Sulawesi (formerly Celebes), a province of modern-day Indonesia. It came under Dutch rule in 1905, and was succeeded by the Bone Regency.
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in South Sulawesi
South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...
in 1824–25.
Bone had been an ally of the Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
since the Treaty of Bungaya of 1667, but considered itself released from its obligations by the Dutch surrender to the British in 1811. In 1814 and again in 1816, Bone fought against the British. In 1816, the Dutch were restored to their former colonies per the outcome of the Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...
. When the Governor-General Godert van der Capellen
Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, Baron van der Capellen (December 15, 1778 – April 10, 1848) was a Dutch statesman from Utrecht (city), Utrecht.
History
Born in Utrecht, Netherlands, Van der Capellen was the son of a cavalry colonel Alexander Ph ...
visited South Sulawesi in 1824 to renew the Treaty of Bungaya, Bone was the only native state to refuse. When van der Capellen left, the queen of Bone attacked the Dutch positions, annihilating two garrisons.M. C. Ricklefs, ''A History of Modern Indonesia: c.1300 to the Present'' (Macmillan, 1981), p. 129.
In 1825, the Dutch and their allies from Gowa
Gowa (''Makassar language : '') is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,883.33 km2 and a population of 652,329 at the 2010 census, increasing to 765,836 at the 2020 census; the of ...
counter-attacked. The outbreak of the Java War
The Java War ( jv, ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦗꦮ) or Diponegoro War () was fought in central Java from 1825 to 1830, between the colonial Dutch Empire and native Javanese rebels. The war started as a rebellion led by Prince Diponegoro, a leading member ...
later that year necessitated the withdrawal of most Dutch soldiers. Thus, the war ended without Bone having renewed the Treaty of Bungaya. The stalemate persisted until 1838, when Bone finally renewed the treaty.
As a result of the Dutch attacks, the port of Bajoe was abandoned by the Sama people
The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia. The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); or are known by the exonym ...
, who fled to Luwu
The Kingdom of Luwu (also Luwuq or Wareq) was a polity located in northern part of South Sulawesi. province of Indonesia, on Sulawesi island. It is considered one of the earliest known Bugis kingdom in Sulawesi, founded between 10th and 14th cen ...
.Jennifer L. Gaynor, ''Intertidal History in Island Southeast Asia: Submerged Genealogy and the Legacy of Coastal Capture'' (Cornell University Press, 2016). p. 120.
References
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*1900. W.A. Terwogt. ''Het land van Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Geschiedenis van de Nederlanders in oost-Indië.'' P. Geerts. Hoorn *1900. G. Kepper. ''Wapenfeiten van het Nederlands Indische Leger''; 1816-1900. M.M. Cuvee, Den Haag.' *1876. A.J.A. Gerlach. ''Nederlandse heldenfeiten in Oost Indë.'' Drie delen. Gebroeders Belinfante, Den Haag.External links
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