Majapahit founded on Java

1292

After defeating a Mongol expedition sent to punish Java's king, the Javanese prince Raden Wijaya founded the Majapahit kingdom near modern Mojokerto. Under his successors it would become the largest thalassocracy in southeast Asian history, with tributaries from Sumatra to New Guinea. The kingdom's golden age under the legendary minister Gajah Mada would see Javanese power projected across the entire Indonesian archipelago.