1778年4月2日这一天，班达岛经历了地震、海啸、火山爆发和飓风袭击，从而结束了荷兰对肉豆蔻树的垄断。

• April 2, 1778. The Banda Islands suffer an earthquake, a tidal wave, a volcanic eruption and a hurricane. This collection of disasters effectively ended the Dutch monopoly on nutmeg. See Nutmeg.