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Dutch-Portuguese War

1598 CE – 1663 CE · 65 years

A global colonial war fought from Brazil and Angola to Ceylon, India and Southeast Asia, as Dutch companies tried to seize Portuguese commercial and maritime dominance.

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Dutch–Portuguese War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Dutch Republic, VOC and WIC
  • Portuguese Empire and Iberian Union

Key moments

Defining events in the Dutch-Portuguese War.

  1. 1601 Battle of Bantam
  2. 1649 Second Battle of Guararapes
  3. 1662-1663 Siege of Cochin

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Attested 1530 CE – 1600 CE

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Atlantic Triangular Trade

1600 CE – 1850 CE

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1598 CE and 1663 CE.

1605 CE Polish–Muscovite War (Time of Troubles) 1609 CE Sultan Ahmed Mosque 1618 CE Thirty Years' War 1631 CE Battle of Breitenfeld 1635 CE Franco-Spanish War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Manchu Empire Polity · East Asia 1650 CE – 1914 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Atlantic Middle Passage Trade route · Africa 1600 CE – 1850 CE Elizabeth I Figure · England 1533 CE – 1603 CE Robben Island Landmark · Africa 1658 CE – still standing
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