François Tack
{{Short description|Dutch officer (c. 1650 – 1686)}}
François Tack (c. 1650 – 8 February 1686) was a Dutch East India Company (VOC) officer. Ranked captain at the time of his death, he was one of the VOC's main commanders during the 1678 Kediri campaign against Trunajaya and participated in the city's assault.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1993|p=49,51}} He was later killed during a brawl at the court of Mataram in Kartasura on 8 February 1686, where he was sent on a diplomatic mission to arrest Untung Surapati.{{sfn|Ricklefs|2008|p=102}}{{sfn|Pigeaud|1976|p=98}}
See also
- Anthonio Hurdt, the overall VOC commander of the Kediri campaign.
- Isaac de Saint-Martin
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|author-link=M. C. Ricklefs|last=Ricklefs|first=M.C.|title=War, Culture and Economy in Java, 1677–1726: Asian and European Imperialism in the Early Kartasura Period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dj5yQgAACAAJ|date=1993|publisher=Asian Studies Association of Australia|location=Sydney|isbn=978-1-86373-380-9}}
- {{cite book|last=Ricklefs|first=M.C.|title=A History of Modern Indonesia Since C.1200|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AAdBQAAQBAJ|date=2008-09-11|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-05201-8}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{cite book|last=Pigeaud|first=Theodore Gauthier Thomas|author-link=Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud|title=Islamic States in Java 1500–1700: Eight Dutch Books and Articles by Dr H.J. de Graaf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BVJCAAAQBAJ|date=1976|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff|location=The Hague|isbn=90-247-1876-7}}
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