Makassar War

Makassar War
Part of the Dutch colonial campaigns in Asia

The conquest of Macassar by Speelman, by Romeyn de Hooghe
Date24 November 1666 – 24 June 1669
(2 years and 7 months)
Location
Result
  • Dutch–Buginese victory
Belligerents
Sultanate of Gowa Dutch East India Company
Sultanate of Bone
Sultanate of Soppeng
Supported by:
Sultanate of Ternate
Commanders and leaders
Hasanuddin
Kaicil Kalamata
Cornelis Speelman
Capt. Joncker
Arung Palakka
La Tenribale
Arung Belo Tosa'deng 
Mandarsyah
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 (later 7,000–8,000)
  • 572 men
  • 83 Dutch soldiers
  • 11 Dutch sailors
Casualties and losses
2,360–4,360 recorded deaths from a disease outbreak.
(April–July 1668)

Makassar War (Dutch: Makassar-oorlog), also 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 24 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.