1519 +244d (monthly income 278d)
1-1 colonist to Pinar del Rio, Habana, Martinique and Tobago
1-1 promoting bailiff at Matanzas
6-1 fleet (7-0-2) coming from Ormuz attacked by Johore fleet (1-0-0)
22-1 Portugal captured Kinibalu; moving 11k troops to Brunei capital to help the assauting troops there to overcome the small fortress (if they’re in time)
23-1 won naval battle against Johore
1-2 Brunei capital about to fall; moving army at Kinibalu to take Sandakan
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4-2 Captured the capital and moving south to Bintulu
22-2 12k Portuguese army at Brunei attacked by 22k Brunei forces coming from just across the border at Bulungan (Kutei territory)
24-2 Portuguese fleet (32-0-7) attacked of the coast of Pontianak by Mataram (0-3-2)
26-2 11k Portuguese army arrived at Sandakan; immediately started assaulting the city
14-3 Portugal won battle at Brunei but lost 2k
16-3 Portuguese army at Brunei by 3k Brunei forces coming from just across the border at Bulungan; the enemy retreated the same day
17-3 Portugal won naval battle, destroying 1 galley and 3 transports
17-3 attacking 3k Brunei cavalry at Bintulu
19-3 Portuguese fleet (32-0-7) attacked of the coast of Pontianak by Mataram (0-3-0)
27-3 won naval battle; no ships were destroyed
2-4 Sandakan has been captured by Portuguese troops; moving them south to join the Portuguese army at Bintulu
5-4 won battle at Bintulu; started assaulting the city
28-4 Portuguese fleet (7-0-2) arrived at the coast of Palawan; 8.8k forces are making an amphibious landing on the island
5-5 Portugal captured the city of Bintulu; ordered them south towards Maling; 4 cities out of the eight Brunei cities are now under control of Portugal
9-5 What a big disappointment; the Brunei island of Sulu is being defended by 36k under the command of a leader called Bulkiah; a 100%WS will now most likely be out of the question…
16-5 Army unloaded at Palawan; ordered an assault on the city
21-5 failed to expand colony at Martinique
23-5 engaged 1k of enemy forces at the province of Maling
26-5 annihilated Brunei forces at Maling; started assaulting the city
26-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago
1-6 Portuguese fleet (7-0-2) attacked of the coast of Palawan by Brunei (0-0-1)
1-6 Portuguese fleet (24-0-5) attacked of the coast of Sulu by Brunei (8-0-0)
16-6 the city of Palawan has been captured
17-6 the city of Maling has been captured; moving forces south to Kuching
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17-6 Portugal won naval battle at coast of Sulu, destroying 3 warships without taking any losses
4-7 Portugal won naval battle at coast of Palawan, destroying the transport ship
5-7 engaged enemy forces at Kuching
6-7 successfully expanded colony at Habana
10-7 won battle at Kuching, those 47

enemy troops put up a great fight; ordered an assault upon the city
12-7 successfully expanded colony at Pinar del Rio
29-7 Portugal captured the city of Kuching; the only free city is the island prov of Sulu (with it’s 36k army); meanwhile Maling is being besieged by 26k of Kutei forces, cutting my army at Kuching off. Decided to gather all armies at Brunei and then try for an assault on Sulu. Meanwhile the fleet of 7-0-2 will return back to Ormuz to get more troops.
1-8 army at Palawan arrived at Brunei, making total army size there 17.4k
6-8 change of strategy; I decide to move to Kutei province of Bulungan, taking advantage of the fact that Kutei is besieging Maling with most of their army (26k); Sulu will have to wait
8-8 Portuguese fleet (24-0-5) is attacking a combined Brunei/Bantam fleet of 6 warships of the coast of Sandak
27-8 won naval battle, destroying 2 Brunei warships
29-8 attacked 1k cavalry at Bulungan with 8.7k
15-9 won battle and immediately started assaulting the city
18-9 attacking 1 Bantam warship of the coast of Brunei with 24-0-5
24-9 won naval battle and sank the Bantam ship
23-10 another 8.5k arrived at Bulungan to help in the siege, since my army’s morale there was almost gone
11-11 Portuguese forces capture Bulungan; splitting army in to two of 6.8k each and moving to Kutei and Berau; Brunei offers 5 provs, but I want to take all 7 provs
17-11 Portuguese fleet (24-0-5) is attacked by Mataram fleet (2-8-2) of the coast of Kuching; enemy fleets are everywhere apparently
3-12 army arrived at Kutei capital and started assault, while the other army arrived at Berau and attacked the 2k garrison there
4-12 won naval battle; no ships sunk on either sides
10-12 won battle at Berau and commenced an assault
1520 +244d (monthly income 266d)
1-1 colonist to Pinar del Rio
2-1 captured Kutei and moving south to take Banjarmasin
2-1 colonist to Habana
3-1 colonist to Martinique
4-1 colonist to Tobago
8-1 Portugal captures Berau; Banjarmasin is the last free city of Kutei
24-1 army arrived at Banjarmasin; let’s see if this assault will also succeed with its first attempt…
25-1 a new CoT opened at Aceh Besar (Atjeh territory)
15-2 Banjarmasin has been captured
1-3 Baluchistan declared independence from Gujarat
5-4 Kutei (alone) offered peace for 32d, Bulungan, Berau and Banjarmasin; we accept.
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It’s now time to try and take the last free city of Brunei, the island of Sulu
11-5 Explorer de Queros (1-0-0) intercepted a Mataram transport ships (0-0-1) of the coast of Jambi
23-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique
24-5 Naval battle won against Mataram
29-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago
7-6 Unloaded troops at Sulu and attacking Brunei force
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30-6 Defeated Brunei troops!!!; started assault
7-7 successfully expanded colony at Habana
12-7 successfully expanded colony at Pinar del Rio
24-7 Sulu has been captured (100% WS against Brunei); Portugal offered Brunei (alone) peace for 7 provs (54%-100%); the offer was … declined ???
1-8 loading remaining army at Sulu (10.8k left) unto fleet and moving south towards Mataram
4-9 Portugal entered RM with Lorraine
19-9 army arrived at the newly acquired province of Banjarmasin
27-9 Portuguese army at Banjarmasin under attack by 7.1k of Mataram forces; the enemy retreated the very next day… Cowards
1-10 the Arabian fleet (7-0-2) is only now leaving Arabia with troops due to some delay at Malabar (I forgot about them and they just remained there…)
10-10 Jambi (newly acquired gold prov from Palembang) is being besieged by 12.9k of Mataram troops; a nasty surprise that caught me off guard; moving army at Banjarmasin to Kotawaringin
2-11 attacking Mataram army (6.1k) at Kotawaringin
3-11 Brunei offers peace for 46d, Sulu, Sandakan, Palawan, Kinibalu, Bantulu, Mahling and Kuching. Portugal accepts the offer which cuts down Brunei to just 1 prov
17-11 the battle at Kotawaringin turned into defeat; we were forced to retreat the army to Banjarmasin to avoid more losses
25-12 Portuguese army at Banjarmasin was attacked by 2.9k of Mataram forces; they retreated the same day
1521 +254d (monthly income 274d)
It’s lamentable that Portugal only receives 3.8 colonists each year.
1-1 colonist to Pinar del Rio
2-1 colonist to Habana
3-1 colonist to Martinique
4-1 colonist to Tobago
4-1 build 3k infantry at Malacca
10-1 moving army at Banjarmasin for another attack on Kotawaringin
22-1 Portuguese army at Banjarmasin was attacked small Mataram forces; they retreated the same day
22-1 Portuguese fleet at coast of Banjarmasin (25-0-5) attacked by Mataram fleet (1-10-1)
2-2 army arrived at Kotawaringin and attacked garrison
9-2 Portugal won naval battle, destroying 2 galleys
18-2 the battle at Kotawaringin was lost again; only 5.5k cavalry managed to retreat
28-4 9.5k infantry (out of 11k) arrived at Banjarmasin
9-5 attempting an attack on Kotawaringin for the third time
19-5 1k of Mataram troops attacked 5k garrison at Malacca; battle was won within 1 day
23-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique
29-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago
1-6 attacking garrison at Kotawaringin
12-6 Portuguese fleet at coast of Banjarmasin (25-0-5) attacked by Mataram fleet (1-2-1)
13-6 won land battle, annihilating the garrison
16-6 1k of Mataram troops attacked 5k garrison at Malacca; battle was won within 1 day
29-6 Portugal won naval battle, destroying 2 galleys
7-7 successfully expanded colony at Habana
12-7 successfully expanded colony at Pinar del Rio
18-7 Kotawaringin has been captured
10-8 army arrived at Sukudana...
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and immediately started assault
1-9 Sukudana has been captured; moving army to Pontianak, the last free Mataram prov on the island
19-9 army arrived at Pontianak and immediately started assault
9-10 Reformation kicks in
21-10 Pontianak has been captured
24-11 Portugal offered Mataram (leader) peace in return for Pontianak, Kotawaringen, and Sukudana
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this war has rendered Portugal a total of 14 provs. Originally I wanted much more, but that would have taken too long and cost too many troops.
1-12 Switched investments to TT to increase it to 6
17-12 João III became Portugal’s new ruler
1522 +257d (monthly income 287d)
1-1 colonist to Pinar del Rio
2-1 colonist to Habana
3-1 colonist to Martinique
4-1 colonist to Tobago
5-5 The Portuguese treaty of friendship with Ternate event:
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23-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique
29-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago
7-7 successfully expanded colony at Habana
12-7 successfully expanded colony at Pinar del Rio; Pinar del Rio became a city
2-10 Aden annexed Yemen
1523 +259d (monthly income 302d)
DP slider changed: Aristocracy -1 (stab now at +2; it’ll take 75 years to reach stab 3 without investments...)
1-1 promoting bailiff at Pinar del Rio
1-1 colonist to Habana
2-1 colonist to Martinique
3-1 colonist to Tobago
1-2 trader to Chono (South America)
12-5 trader to Nicaragua
24-5 Lorraine annexed Switzerland
22-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique
28-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago
6-7 successfully expanded colony at Habana; Habana became a city
6-9 failed to establish a TP at Chono
13-10 successfully established a TP at Nicaragua
29-12 Explorer Monchique passed away
1524 +233d (monthly income 304d)
1-1 promoting bailiff at Habana
1-1 colonist to Martinique and Tobago
10-1 RM with Berg & Cleves
25-1 I notice that Kongo has converted all provs to Christianity and decide to send state gift (109d) to Kongo (relations increase from 126 to 200)
27-2 Portugal diplo-annexed Kongo, adding another 7 provs to the empire, along with 7 warships, 4 transport ships, 17k infantry and 1.7k cavalry
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1-3 Spain didn’t like the annexation, since relations are now at 33; I need to be careful, they have over 200k troops just in their homeland
21-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique
26-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago
1525 +243d (monthly income 314d)
1-1 Conquistador Francois-Xavier enteres service; moving him to explore Australia
1-1 colonist to Martinique and Tobago
2-1 colonist to Grenada
3-1 colonist to St. Lucia
3-1 promoting bailiff at Angola and Nsoya
23-3 Rajputana declared independence from Mughal Empire
21-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique
25-5 successfully expanded colony at St. Lucia
26-5 successfully expanded colony at Tobago; Tobago became a city
27-5 successfully expanded colony at Grenada
1526 +250d (monthly income 314d)
1-1 colonist to Martinique, Grenada, St. Lucia and Pontianak
1-1 promoting bailiff at Kongo and Tobago
1-2 Al-Haasa declared independence from Najd
21-5 successfully expanded colony at Martinique; Martinique became a city
23-5 successfully expanded colony at St. Lucia
26-5 successfully expanded colony at Grenada
20-9 RM with Cologne and Hanover
1-10 Berg converted to Protestant, being the first Protestant nation
13-11 successfully expanded colony at Pontianak (Asia); Pontianak became a city
1527 +258d (monthly income 320d)
1-1 colonist to Grenada and St. Lucia
1-1 trader to Roanoke and Wicomico (North America)
1-1 promoting bailiffs at Martinique, Loango and Anziku
25-4 Aden annexed Al-Haasa (Middle East)
17-5 successfully established TP at Roanoke and Wicomico
23-5 failed to expand at St. Lucia
26-5 successfully expanded colony at Grenada
8-8 Conquistador Correios passed away
1528 +267d (monthly income 323d)
1-1 colonist to Grenada and St. Lucia
24-1 colonist to Yuggera (Australia)
24-1 colonist to Roanoke
24-1 promoting bailiffs at Kuva (Africa)
23-5 successfully expanded colony at St. Lucia
26-5 successfully expanded colony at Grenada
1-8 Aztec Empire annexed Zapotec
19-8 successfully established a colony at Roanoke