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In 1613, the Portuguese burnt down a trading settlement at the mouth of the Singapore River, after which Singapore lapsed into insignificance in the history of the region for two hundred years. [7] The early dominance of the Portuguese was challenged during the 17th century by the Dutch, who came to control most of the region's ports.
Singapore became part of the Malacca Sultanate, and it was said to be the fiefdom of the legendary laksamana (or admiral) Hang Tuah. [30] However, by the time the Portuguese arrived in the early 16th century, the Singapura that existed before Malacca was founded had already become "great ruins" according to the conqueror of Malacca Afonso de ...
In 1613, Portuguese raiders burned down the settlement, and the island faded into obscurity for the next two centuries. [35] By then, Singapore was nominally part of the Johor Sultanate. [36] The wider maritime region and much trade was under Dutch control for the following period after the 1641 Dutch conquest of Malacca. [37]
Singapore's foreign policy: Coping with vulnerability (Psychology Press, 2000) online; Miksic, John N. (2013). Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300–1800. NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-574-3. Murfett, Malcolm H., et al. Between 2 Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish International Asia, 2011).
On May 4, 1613, the Acehnese, with a large army between 20000 and 40000 and an armada consisting of 60 to 70 ships invaded Johor, they overran the Johor River and attacked coastal settlements such as Johor Lama, Batu Sawar, and also the Town of Singapore, [4] [5] the Acehnese found out some of the Dutch in Johor, they demanded the Dutch to be neutral during the conflict with the promise that ...
Singapore and Japan sign the Japan-Singapore Economic Agreement. 12 October: The Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay officially opened as Singapore's major performing arts centre. 2003: 1 March - 16 July: SARS virus outbreak in Singapore. 6 May: Singapore and United States sign the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA). 29 October
The latter ruled as the sixth sultan of Johor between the death of his father Raja Ali Jalla in 1597 and the Acehnese attack on Johor in 1613. In 1613, Raja Bongsu was one of the prisoners taken back to Aceh after the invasion of Johor by Sultan Iskandar Muda. He was married to one of Iskandar's sisters, and returned to Johor as the new sultan.
Xabandaria along with other place names of Singapore such as Tana Mera and Blakang Mati appear in a map by a Malay-Portuguese cartographer Godinho de Erédia drawn in 1604 and published in 1613. [32] [33] The name Singapura and its many variants were used from the 1500s onwards in Europeans sources.