Figures, places, and events in Acehnese history associated with the year 1603.
People
Places
Events
- Publication of Frederik de Houtman’s *Spraeck ende woord-boeck* (1603) — the first Dutch-Malay dialogue-book, composed from notes taken during his Atjeh captivity of 1599–1601
- The return of De Weert’s fleet (with Atjeh ambassadors aboard) to Batticaloa in April 1603
- The fatal banquet at Batticaloa and the murder of Sebald de Weert at the hands of the King of Kandi’s retinue — with the Atjeh ambassador at the King’s ear egging him on
- The arrival of the first VOC fleet at Atjeh (the Company having been founded 20 March 1602)
Sources
Tijdens de O.I. Compagnie, by Dr. E. C. Godee Molsbergen, Oud-Hoogleeraar, Landsarchivaris te Batavia (Amsterdam: N.V. Swets & Zeitlinger Boekhandel en Uitgevers Mij., 1932), chapters XXXII, XXXIV, XXXIX–XL, pp. 114–125, 142–146 of the numbered-letter sequence.