The locations of Dutch Formosa, overlapping a map of the present-day island.
Dutch Formosa
Spanish Possessions
Kingdom of Middag
Status
Dutch colony
Capital
Zeelandia (now Anping, Tainan)
Official languages
Dutch
Common languages
East Formosan languages • Hokkien
Religion
Dutch Reformed, native animistic religion, Chinese folk religion
Government
Governorate
Governor
• 1624–1625
Martinus Sonck
• 1656–1662
Frederick Coyett
Historical era
Age of Discovery
• Established
1624
• Siege of Fort Zeelandia
1661–1662
• Abandonment of Keelung
1668
Currency
Dutch guilder
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Prehistory of Taiwan
Kingdom of Middag
Spanish Formosa
Kingdom of Tungning
Today part of
Republic of China (Taiwan)
The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company established its presence on Formosa to trade with the Ming Empire in neighbouring China and Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and also to interdict Portuguese and Spanish trade and colonial activities in East Asia.
The Dutch were not universally welcomed, and uprisings by both aborigines and recent Han arrivals were quelled by the Dutch military on more than one occasion. With the rise of the Qing dynasty in the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company cut ties with the Ming dynasty and allied with the Qing instead, in exchange for the right to unfettered access to their trade and shipping routes. The colonial period was brought to an end after the 1662 siege of Fort Zeelandia by Koxinga's army who promptly dismantled the Dutch colony, expelled the Dutch and established the Ming loyalist, anti-Qing Kingdom of Tungning.
The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In...
known to Europeans at the time as Formosa or to Spaniards as "Isla Hermosa" from 1626 to 1642. It was ceded to the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years'...
moves were undertaken in 1635 and 1636 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Dutch-era Taiwan (Formosa) aimed at subduing hostile aboriginal villages...
in Makung. In 1624, the Chinese attacked, and the Dutch were driven to Taiwan (then called Formosa, meaning "beautiful island"). That year they established...
separated from the main part of Formosa by a shallow lagoon historically referred to as the Taikang inland sea [zh]. The Dutch fortifications consisted of...
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– 21 July 1661) was a Dutch missionary to Formosa from 1648 to 1661, during the Dutch colonial era. Prior to working in Formosa, Hambroek was a minister...
published 1675 in 't verwaerloosde Formosa]. "Arrival and Victory of Koxinga". In Campbell, William (ed.). Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary...
expedition to Formosa was a campaign mounted by the Spanish based in Manila, Philippines in 1626. It was the Spanish response to Dutch settlements being...
first came into contact with the West after the Dutch East India Company established its Government of Formosa in 1624. David Wright, a Scottish agent of the...
com Dictionary. Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and...
The governor of Formosa (Dutch: gouverneur van Formosa; Chinese: 台灣長官) was the head of government during the Dutch colonial period in Taiwan, which lasted...
locals helped to make a road to it from the fort. "Peter Nuits the Dutch Governor of Formosa, reported these facts to his home authorities and exposed in an...
history of education in Taiwan can be traced back to the Dutch colonial period. In 1636, the Dutch started a school for the Sinckan people that not only...
first recorded earthquake in Taiwan was in 1624, the founding year of DutchFormosa. Between 1901 and the year 2000 there were 91 major earthquakes in Taiwan...
counties on the West coast, and suffers from emigration. During the DutchFormosa era, Ponkan (modern-day Beigang) was an important coastal castle. Yunlin...
southern coast of Australia. He became the Dutch ambassador to Japan in 1627, and he was appointed governor of Formosa in the same year. Later he became a controversial...
by the early 17th century. Named Formosa by Portuguese explorers, the south of the island was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century whilst the Spanish...
Chhiah-khám-lâu), was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization...
governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa. He was the first Swede to travel to Japan and China and became the last governor of Dutch-occupied Taiwan (1656–1662)...
transition, when workers were imported from Fujian to the colony of DutchFormosa in the southwest of Taiwan. According to governmental statistics, in...
February 2021. Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and...
when Taiwan was under the administration of the Dutch East India Company (DutchFormosa 1624–1662), Dutch missionaries learned Sinckan to facilitate both...
oldest street in Taipei (with sections in existence since the rule of DutchFormosa from 1624 to 1661), its architecture has been under preservation and...
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