Makassar War

Makassar War
Part of the Dutch colonial campaigns in Asia

The conquest of Macassar by Speelman, 1669
Date24 November 1666 – 14 June 1669
(2 years, 6 months and 3 weeks)
Location
Result
  • Dutch–Buginese victory
Belligerents
Sultanate of Gowa Dutch East India Company
Sultanate of Bone
Supported by:
Sultanate of Ternate
Commanders and leaders
Hasanuddin Cornelis Speelman
Capt. Joncker
Arung Palakka
Arung Belo Tosa'deng
Strength
Unknown
  • 1,860
    • 818 Dutch sailors
    • 578 Dutch soldiers
    • 395 Native troops of Ambon and Bugis
  • Several war canoes from Ternate
  • Later, 1669:
  • 2,000 Bugis soldiers
  • 572 men
  • 83 Dutch soldiers
  • 11 Dutch sailors

Makassar War (Dutch: Makassar-oorlog), formally known as the conquest of Makassar (Dutch: Verovering van Makassar), was a conflict between the Gowa Sultanate and Dutch East India Company supported by its local ally, Sultanate of Bone, lasted from 24 November 1666 to 14 June 1669. The war resulted in Gowa's defeat by the VOC–Bone alliance, emphasized by the signing of the Treaty of Bungaya, which led the maritime empire of the Makassans fell—replaced by Bone as a dominated polity in South Sulawesi.