Biography

 

Martha Christina Tiahahu

Name:  Martha Christina Tiahahu 

Born in Nusa Laut, Maluku, January 4, 1800

Died in the Banda Sea, Maluku, January 2, 1818

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Martha Christina Tiahahu is noted as a unique freedom fighter, namely a teenage daughter who immediately entered the battlefield against the Dutch colonial army in the Pattimura War in 1817. Among the fighters and the community to the enemy, she was known as a brave girl and was consistent with her dreams.

On October 10, 1817, during the seizure of Fort Beverwijk by the Dutch, on the other hand there was a battle in Saparua where one of the soldiers was martha Cristina Tiahahu. October 11, 1817 Dutch troops under the leadership of Richemont, In this battle Richemont was shot dead. In the midst of the ferocity of the battle, a teenage girl with a catfish face appeared challenging the enemy's bullet, martha Cristina Tiahahu. On the battlefield martha helps to ignite the enthusiasm of women to accompany men on the battlefield. 

On 12 October 1817 Vermeulen Kringer ordered a general attack on the people's army, the whole land of Ulath and Ouw was razed to the ground, everything that was there was burned and completely looted. Martha Christina and her father and several other warrior figures were caught and brought to the Eversten ship. And on January 2, 1818, after Tanjung Alang, Martha Christina Tiahahu breathed her last. Martha Christina Tiahahu's body was buried with military honors in the Banda Sea.