In this article, the surname is Matulessy, his Moluccan patronymic surname.
Thomas Matulessy
Nickname(s)
Pattimura
Born
(1783-06-08)8 June 1783 Haria, Saparua, Maluku, Dutch East Indies
Died
16 December 1817(1817-12-16) (aged 34) Nieuw Victoria, Ambon, Maluku, Dutch East Indies
Allegiance
East India Company
Service/branch
British Colonial Auxiliary Forces
Rank
Sergeant major
Battles/wars
Pattimura War
Awards
National Hero of Indonesia
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Dutch colonial campaigns
17th century
Bantam (1601)
Amboina (1605)
Malacca (1606)
Cape Rachado (1606)
Mozambique (1607)
Mozambique (1608)
Banda Islands (1609–21)
Johor (1613)
Macau (1622)
Pescadores (1622–24)
Salvador (1624)
Persian Gulf (1625)
Salvador (1625)
Elmina (1625)
Cuba (1628)
Batavia (1628–29)
Recife (1630)
Abrolhos (1631)
Liaoluo Bay (1633)
Taiwan (1635–36)
Brazil (1636)
Liuqiu Island (1636)
Porto Calvo (1637)
Elmina (1637)
Vietnam (1637–43)
Goa (1638)
Salvador (1638)
Mormugão (1639)
Itamaracá (1640)
Ceylon (1640)
Malacca (1641)
Luanda (1641)
Taiwan (1641)
Taiwan (1642)
Chile (1643)
Cambodia (1643–44)
New Netherland (1643–45)
Tabocas (1645)
Philippines (1646)
Kombi (1647)
Guararapes (1648)
Guararapes (1649)
Taiwan (1652)
2nd Recife (1652-1654)
2nd Colombo (1654)
Malabar (1658-1663)
New Netherland (1659–63)
South Africa (1659-1677)
Taiwan (1661–62)
Sri Lanka (1670-1670)
India (1673)
Java (1674–80)
18th century
Java (1704–07)
Java (1719–23)
India (1739–41)
Java (1741–43)
Penfui (1749)
Java (1749–57)
Sri Lanka (1764-1766)
India (1781)
Ceylon (1782)
Gold Coast (1782)
Cape Colony (1795)
19th century
Surinam (1804)
Cape Colony (1806)
Java (1806–07)
Moluccas (1810)
Java (1811)
Algiers (1816)
Ambon (1817)
Palembang (1819)
Palembang (1821)
Sumatra (1821–37)
Borneo (1823)
Bone (1824–25)
Java (1825–30)
Aceh (1831)
Ahanta (1837–39)
Bali (1846)
Bali (1848)
Bali (1849)
Palembang (1851–59)
Montrado (1854–55)
Nias (1855–64)
Bali (1858)
Bone (1858–59)
Borneo (1859–63)
Japan (1863–64)
Pasoemah (1864–68)
Gold Coast (1869–70)
Aceh (1873–1913)
Mandor (1884–85)
Jambi (1885)
Edi (1890)
Lombok and Karangasem (1894)
Pedir (1897–98)
20th century
Kerinci (1903)
Bone (1905–06)
Bali (1906)
Bali (1908)
Venezuela (1908)
Indonesia (1941–45)
Indonesia (1946–49)
Thomas Matulessy (8 June 1783 – 16 December 1817), also known as Kapitan Pattimura or simply Pattimura, was a famous Ambonese soldier who became a symbol of both the Maluku and Indonesian struggle for independence, praised by President Sukarno and declared a national hero by President Suharto. He has several namesakes in both the Netherlands and in the Indonesian archipelago.
Born on the island of Ceram, Pattimura joined the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces after they took the Maluku islands from the French. When the islands were returned to the Dutch in 1816, he was dismissed. The return of the Dutch in 1816 marked a change in the colonial system. After the bankruptcy of the Dutch East India Company, the Indonesian archipelago came under the control of the newly founded Kingdom of the Netherlands. This was accompanied by, among other things, the establishment of a colonial army: KNIL. Christian Moluccans in particular were wanted as ethnic soldiers in the KNIL. Despite Pattimura's revolt, the myth of a centuries-long loyalty of Moluccans to the Netherlands and the royal family began.
Pattimura and his followers feared harsher colonial oppression than the English under whom he had served. On 16 May 1817, Pattimura led an armed rebellion that captured Fort Duurstede, killing the inhabitants of the fortress and fighting off Dutch reinforcements, on 29 May he was declared the leader of the Moluccan people. After being betrayed by the King of Booi Pati Akoon, he was captured by Dutch forces on 11 November and hanged the next month.
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