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Dutch Atlantic presence in the Americas and Caribbean (1624–1815)

Dutch Atlantic presence in the Americas and Caribbean (1624–1815)

  1. Dutch West India Company charter granted

    Labels: Dutch West, Dutch Republic

  2. First permanent Dutch settlement at Fort Orange

    Labels: Fort Orange, New Netherland

  3. WIC captures Salvador da Bahia

    Labels: Salvador da, WIC amphibious

  4. Peter Minuit arrives to govern New Netherland

    Labels: Peter Minuit, New Netherland

  5. WIC seizes Spanish treasure fleet near Cuba

    Labels: Piet Hein, Spanish treasure

  6. Dutch capture Recife, beginning Dutch Brazil

    Labels: Recife, Dutch Brazil

  7. Dutch seize Curaçao from Spain

    Labels: Cura ao, Fort Amsterdam

  8. Zeeland chamber takes possession of Sint Eustatius

    Labels: Sint Eustatius, Zeeland Chamber

  9. Portuguese reconquest ends Dutch Brazil

    Labels: Dutch Brazil, Portuguese reconquest

  10. English take New Amsterdam from the Dutch

    Labels: New Amsterdam, English capture

  11. Dutch conquest secures Suriname from England

    Labels: Suriname, Abraham Crijnssen

  12. Treaty of Breda confirms Dutch retention of Suriname

    Labels: Treaty of, Suriname

  13. Dutch briefly recapture New York as New Orange

    Labels: New Orange, Third Anglo-Dutch

  14. Treaty of Westminster ends recapture and restores New York

    Labels: Treaty of, New York

  15. Britain captures Sint Eustatius in Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

    Labels: Sint Eustatius, Admiral George

  16. Dutch West India Company dissolved

    Labels: Dutch West, dissolution

  17. Anglo-Dutch Treaty restores key Dutch Atlantic colonies

    Labels: Anglo-Dutch Treaty, Suriname

  18. Kingdom of the Netherlands established after Napoleon

    Labels: Kingdom of, post-Napoleon