Thursday, August 5, 2010

Jayakarta

Jayakarta (1527-1619)

The Portuguese are the first Europeans who came to Jakarta. In the 16th century, Surawisesa, Sundanese king for help in Malacca Portuguese to establish a fort at Sunda Kelapa as protection from possible attack Cirebon that will separate themselves from the Kingdom of Sunda. Efforts to requests for assistance to the Portuguese in Malacca Surawisesa is perpetuated by the stories rhyme danese seloka Mundinglaya Dikusumah, where Surawisesa with a title that is Mundinglaya. However, before the establishment of the fort was done, Cirebon Demak assisted directly attacked the port. Sundanese people call this incident a tragedy, because the attacks the port city and killed many people there, including syahbandar port of Sunda. Determination of the anniversary of Jakarta on June 22 is based on the tragedy of the conquest of the port of Sunda Kalapa by Fatahillah in 1527 and changed the name of the city is a White Rose, which means "city of victory". Furthermore, Sunan Gunung Jati of the Sultanate of Cirebon, leave the government at the White Rose to his son the Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin who became sultan of the Sultanate of Banten.


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