- LocationAtlantic Ocean, Northeastern Brazil, West Africa, Angola, East Africa, India, Ceylon, Burma, Strait of Malacca, Moluccas, Indochina, Macau, Formosa, JapanResultTreaty of The HagueTerritorial changesDisestablishment of Portuguese Ceylon, Portuguese Malacca, Portuguese Gold Coast, Portuguese Ambon, Portuguese Negapatam, Portuguese Arguin, Portuguese Malabar, and Portuguese Tidore. · Formation of the Dutch colonial empire
History of Sri Lanka - Dutch rule in Sri Lanka (1658–1796)
WEBColombo was ruled by the governor, Galle and Jaffna by commanders. The three divisions were subdivided into dissavanis (provinces) and, further, into korales (districts) in the …
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WEBAug 31, 2022 · The Dutch took the Fort of Kalutara outside of Colombo and then laid siege to the city. The Portuguese surrendered on 12 May 1656, ending 150 years of their …
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In the 1560s, the Eighty Years' War broke out in the Habsburg Netherlands. A coalition of rebel provinces united in the Union of Utrecht declared independence from the Spanish Empire with the 1581 Act of Abjuration, in 1588 establishing the de facto independent northern Dutch Republic (alias the United Provinces), whose sovereignty was recognised by the Treaty of Antwerp (1609). The eigh…
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WEBBy the last quarter of the sixteenth century Colombo was a fortified city with up to 60,000 inhabitants enclosed within a bastioned enceinte. Following its capture by the Dutch in …
WEBAfter a period of triangular warfare between the Dutch, Portuguese and Kandyans, the alliance was remade in 1649. After exploiting and then double-crossing their Kandyan …
(PDF) The Fortress of Colombo: from the Portuguese …
WEBBy the last quarter of the sixteenth century Colombo was a fortified city with up to 60,000 inhabitants enclosed within a bastioned enceinte. Following its capture by the Dutch in 1656 the defences of Colombo were entirely …
WEBthe East. The Dutch conquered Colombo on 10 May 1656 14 and Jaffna on 21 June 1658 from the Portuguese.10 The Dutch power was firmly established in the East after …
WEBthe early 16th century, colonial Colombo was governed by the Portuguese (1518-1656), the Dutch (1656-1796) and the British (1796-1948). As has been argued elsewhere (Perera, …
WEBMedical History, 1985, 29: 182-192. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO. by. C. G. URAGODA* and K. D. PARANAVITANAt. Sri Lanka, known as …
