Banda Islands: conquest, depopulation, and repopulation (1609–1681)

1. VOC fort-building attempt sparks Banda Neira clash

   Apr 1, 1609Labels: Pieter Willemsz, VOC, Banda Neira

   • Fort Nassau
   • Verhoeff
   • Banda Conquest

2. Fort Nassau completed as VOC base

   Dec 1, 1609Labels: Fort Nassau, VOC, Banda Neira

   • Fort Nassau
   • Banda Conquest

3. Fort Belgica ordered to secure high ground

   Sep 4, 1611Labels: Fort Belgica, Pieter Both, Banda Neira

   • Atlas Heritage
   • Fort Belgica

4. Run and Ai align with English traders

   Apr 1, 1616Labels: Run Island, Ai Island, English East

   • Run Island
   • Honourable Co

5. VOC captures Ai and builds Fort Revenge

   Apr 1, 1616Labels: Jan Dirkszoon, Fort Revenge, Ai Island

   • Banda Conquest

6. Bandanese resume trade despite intimidation

   Jan 1, 1617Labels: Lontor, Bandanese traders, English traders

   • Banda Conquest

7. Coen leads final conquest of Banda

   Jan 1, 1621Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, VOC campaign, Lontor

   • Coen
   • Banda Conquest

8. Mass killing, enslavement, and mass flight

   Dec 1, 1621Labels: Banda depopulation, Mass enslavement, 1621 killings

   • Banda Conquest
   • Banda Islands

9. Perkenier plantation system replaces local control

   Dec 31, 1621Labels: Perkenier system, Perkeniers, VOC plantations

   • Banda Islands
   • Banda Conquest

10. Run claimed for England in Treaty of Westminster

    Apr 15, 1654Labels: Treaty of, Run Island, English East

    • Westminster 1654
    • First A D

11. Banda defenses redesigned amid ongoing rivalry

    Jan 1, 1657Labels: Georg Rumphius, Belgica II, Banda Neira

    • Atlas Heritage

12. Treaty of Breda confirms Dutch control of Run

    Jul 31, 1667Labels: Treaty of, Run Island, Dutch Republic

    • Britannica
    • Breda 1667

13. Fort Belgica rebuilt larger to secure Banda Neira

    Jan 1, 1673Labels: Fort Belgica, VOC engineering, Banda Neira

    • Atlas Heritage

14. By 1681, society rebuilt on imported slave labor

    Jan 1, 1681Labels: Enslaved labor, VOC labor, Banda society

    • Banda Conquest