Significant1603 – 1661 · 58 years
Dutch-Portuguese Colonial Wars
Southeast Asia · Brazil · India
Estimated casualties
500Ksingle estimate · no range published
Dutch forces systematically challenged and defeated Portuguese colonial power in Asia, establishing Dutch dominance in Southeast Asia. The Dutch captured Portuguese territories in Indonesia and India.
Belligerents2
- Dutch
- Portugal
ON THE MAPDutch Republic
Conflict graph
SUB-CONFLICTS · 15
- Battle of Goa1604
- Battle of Ambon1605
- Battle of Malacca1606
- Battle of Fort Sao Sebastiao1607
- Battle of Fort Sao Sebastiao1608
- Battle of Salvador1627
- Battle of Recife1630
- Battle of Recife1632
- Battle of Porto Calvo1635
- Battle of Porto Calvo1637
- Battle of Salvador1638
- Battle of Itamaraca1640
+ 3 more in the atlas.
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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