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Dutch East India Company (VOC) spice trade in the East Indies (1602–1799)

Dutch East India Company (VOC) spice trade in the East Indies (1602–1799)

  1. VOC chartered to monopolize Dutch Asia trade

    Labels: VOC, States General

  2. VOC seizes rich Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina

    Labels: Santa Catarina, VOC

  3. VOC captures Ambon’s Portuguese fort, renamed Victoria

    Labels: Fort Victoria, Ambon

  5. Fort Belgica construction begins above Fort Nassau

    Labels: Fort Belgica, Banda Neira

  6. VOC captures Jayakarta and establishes Batavia base

    Labels: Batavia, Jayakarta

  7. VOC conquest of Banda Islands enforces nutmeg monopoly

    Labels: Banda conquest, Jan Pieterszoon

  8. Bandanese naming ceremony marks Batavia’s new identity

    Labels: Batavia, Bandanese ceremony

  9. Amboina executions deepen VOC–English rivalry

    Labels: Amboina Massacre, Ambon

  10. Dutch and Johor capture Malacca from Portugal

    Labels: Malacca, Johor

  11. Treaty of Breda confirms Dutch retention of Run

    Labels: Treaty of, Pulo Run

  12. Fourth Anglo-Dutch War disrupts VOC shipping and defenses

    Labels: Fourth Anglo-Dutch, VOC navy

  13. Batavian Republic replaces Dutch Republic in Europe

    Labels: Batavian Republic, Dutch Republic

  14. VOC dissolved; Dutch state takes over debts and possessions

    Labels: VOC dissolution, Batavian Republic