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Fort Zeelandia may refer to the following Dutch forts :

  • Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), a fort in Tainan, Taiwan
    • Siege of Fort Zeelandia, 1661–1662
  • Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo), in Suriname, originally built by the English and called Fort Willoughby
  • Fort Zeelandia (Guyana)
  • Fort Zeelandia (Benin), on the Dutch Slave Coast

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Fort Zeelandia

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Look up Fort Zeelandia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fort Zeelandia may refer to the following Dutch forts : Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), a fort in Tainan...

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Siege of Fort Zeelandia

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The siege of Fort Zeelandia (Chinese: 熱蘭遮城包圍戰; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jia̍t-lân-jia Siâⁿ Pau-ûi-chiàn) of 1661–1662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over...

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Dutch Formosa

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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...

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Zeelandia

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Zeelandia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zeelandia may refer to: 1336 Zeelandia, a main-belt asteroid Fort Zeelandia (Guyana), a historical fort...

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Pattimura

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attack on Fort Zeelandia in Haruku. The Siege make the Rebels get heavy losses and suffered 600 deaths Two months later, on August 3, Fort Duurstede was...

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Tainan

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ruling and trading base called Fort Zeelandia during the Dutch colonial rule on the island. After Koxinga seized the Dutch fort in 1662, Tainan remained as...

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History of Taiwan

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then built Fort Zeelandia on the islet of Tayowan off the southwest coast. On the adjacent mainland, they built a smaller brick fort, Fort Provintia....

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Demerara

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and 50 smaller plantations. The colony was initially governed from Fort Zeelandia by Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande, the governor of Essequibo. In 1750...

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Fort Provintia

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standing, sited the fort at Sakam, about 2 miles (3.2 km) due east from modern-day Anping. During the Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1662), the fort was surrendered...

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Kingdom of Tungning

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On 4 April, Fort Provintia surrendered to the Zheng forces. On 7 April, Zheng's army surrounded Fort Zeelandia and bombarded the fort with 28 cannons...

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Paramaribo

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leading town of the now Dutch colony of Suriname. The fort protecting Paramaribo was renamed Fort Zeelandia in honor of the Dutch province that had financed...

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Anping District

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Old Street Anping Small Fort Anping Tree House Canal Museum Eternal Golden Castle Former Tait & Co. Merchant House Fort Zeelandia Haishan Hall Tianhou Temple...

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Koxinga

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Rebellion in 1652, now turned against the Dutch during the Siege of Fort Zeelandia by defecting to Koxinga's Chinese forces. The Aboriginals (Formosans)...

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Coastal defence and fortification

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as Fort Zeelandia or Anping Castle dating to the time of the Dutch East India Company. Others, such as Cihou Fort, Eternal Golden Castle, Hobe Fort, date...

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Zeeland

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largest city of Suriname, has a Fort Zeelandia, the former Fort Willoughby during British colonization. Fort Zeelandia was a fortress built over ten years...

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Dutch East India Company

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in Anping (Fort Zeelandia), Tainan (Fort Provincia), Wang-an, Penghu on the Pescadores Islands (Fort Vlissingen; 1620–1624), Keelung (Fort Noord-Holland...

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Taiwan

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century, the Dutch East India Company established a commercial post at Fort Zeelandia (modern-day Anping) on a coastal sandbar called "Tayouan", after their...

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Abraham Crijnssen

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they swore alliance to the States of Zeeland. Crijnssen renamed the fort Fort Zeelandia and left a garrison behind. West-Capelle captured the English frigate...

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Fort Santo Domingo

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distance North West from Tamsui Station of the Taipei Metro. Fort Provintia Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan) Cape Santiago (Taiwan) Eternal Golden Castle Taiwan...

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List of bastion forts

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Palma de Mallorca Star Fort (Matara) Jaffna Fort (Jaffna) Galle Fort Fort Nieuw-Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, Commewijne Fort Zeelandia, Waterside, Paramaribo...

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Paramaribo District

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century with the construction of Fort Willoughby. This fort was later taken by the Netherlands and renamed Fort Zeelandia. The area, and the city of Paramaribo...

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Dutch brick

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p. 100. Blackburn & Piwonka 1988, p. 128. Anping Old Fort, Tainan City Guide. Fort Zeelandia, History. History, Castle of Good Hope. De Witt 2014. Farnsworth...

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Military history of Taiwan

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a defensive fort to act as a base of operations. This temporary fort was replaced four years later by the more substantial Fort Zeelandia.[page needed]...

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Suriname

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citizens who had criticized the military dictatorship and held them at Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo. The dictatorship had all these men executed over the...

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