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* '''1880''': Fearing British expansion, the Vietnamese kingdom seeks protection from the Spanish. Tonquin and Annam become protectorates of Spain.
* '''1884''': Nguyễn Phúc Mạnh, ruler of Tonquin converts to Catholicism, and was baptized as ''Don'' Carlos. During the reign of Phúc Mạnh, the Spanish built churches and conducted missionary activity, leading to the sizeable Catholic minority in the northern parts of Vietnam in the modern day.
 
=== Aceh ===
• 1641-1699 reign of Four Queens
 
• Monarchs lose absolute power around 1680s to the Panglima Sagis (Three Lords of the Corners) and the ulëebalangs (lesser Lords)
 
• Jamal-ul-Lail family from Mecca arrives in the 1680s (later to become the royal family of Perlis in the 1800s under Siam). Gain high judicial positions in Aceh
 
• 1699-1726, the Jamal-ul-Lail family rules Aceh
 
• 1726: Maharaja Lela Ahmad Shah of the Bugis dynasty (the Bugis area seafaring merchant ethnic group from south Celebes)
 
• 1735: unsuccessful Jamal-ul-Lail rebellion against Bugis dynasty
 
• Monarch served as more of a figurehead from here on, only directly ruling the capital
 
• 1815-1820: Britain tried to restore the Jamal-ul-Lail dynasty but failed
 
=== Johor ===
Note:
 
• Bendehara = PM
 
• Temenggong = G.Duke
 
• Yamtuan Muda = Bugis Prince (head of the Bugis comm)
 
Johor at this time IOTL
 
• An empire ruled by the Malaccan dynasty, descendants of the last Sultan of Malacca in 1511. Johor Sultan maintained right to rule based on Hindu and Muslim kingship
 
• Allied with the Dutch in 1606 and made a treaty: Johor stays independent and thrives on trade, Malacca is Dutch (conquered in 1641), and Aceh is kept at bay
 
• Dutch maintained Portuguese system of tolls, passes, and monopolies on certain trades. This put Malacca into decline, Johor became more prosperous
 
• Johor only allied with the Dutch because they kicked out the Portuguese, and used this to justify Dutch ownership of Malacca “they could have done much worse than just occupy Malacca”
 
• 1699: Last ruler of the Malaccan dynasty of Johor was killed, Prime Minister Abdul Jalil took over and ruled until 1717
 
• 1717-1722 war between Abdul Jalil and Malaccan dynasty heir claimant. Abdul Jalil won with the help of Bugis explorers
 
• In return, Bugis princes got mineral and mining rights within Johor territory, founding the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga under suzerainty of Johor
 
• Johor in 1700s decentralized and unstable, game of balance between local rulers
 
• Rivalry between the Bugis and the Malay intensified in the 1700s
 
• Bugis power weakened in 1746 when the Bugis Prince fucked up, but  restored by 1760 (brief interregnum in Riau)
 
• Pretender to the Malaccan dynasty throne still in Siak Sri Indrapura, threatening Johor, forcing them to keep the Bugis around
 
• 1760 several Johor sultans died in a row, so the Bugis took the opportunity to increase their power. Chose infant prince as the new Sultan Mahmud Riayat Shah as puppet ruler
 
• Sultan Mahmud made treaty of protection with VOC in 1784 to exploit Dutch-Bugis rivalry
 
• Raja Mohamad, mixed Malay-Bugis prince and son of the Grand Duke, viable candidate for throne challenged by Raja Ali
 
• 1800-1804 crisis, no one wins
 
=== Gowa-Tallo (AKA Makassar IOTL) ===
• Kingdom formed by Nine Clans coming together ~1300, Islamized 1605
 
• 1616-37 war with Dutch, forced to recognize interest in Spice Isles
 
• 1644 sub-kingdom of Bone rebellion
 
• 1654 Sultan refused to ratify Treaty, war again, another treaty in 1655, Dutch declared war again in 1660, made new treaty
 
• 1660 treaty: Dutch kept Gowan hostages in Batavia, forced them to kick out Portuguese from Sulawesi
 
• 1666-1669: Bugis-Dutch invasion of Gowa, led by Bugis Prince Arung Palakka of the Bone Kingdom. Gowa forced to accept Dutch domination of spice trade
 
• 1673: Fort Rotterdam est., turned into Makassar City
 
• 1776-1790 civil war “War of Batara”
 
• Early 1800s: war between Gowa and Bone again
 
== South East Asia ([[Philippines|The Philippines]]) ==
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