Siege of Recife (1630)

Siege of Recife

Dutch siege of Olinda and Recife

Date	February 14 – March 3, 1630
Location	Pernambuco, Brazil
Result	Dutch victory

Belligerents

Dutch Republic

Portugal

Commanders and leaders

Hendrick Lonck^[1]

Matias de Albuquerque^[1]

Strength

7,000 Troops
67 Ships

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Dutch–Portuguese War

Europe

Brazil

Africa

Asia

Dutch colonial campaigns

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Portuguese colonial campaigns

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

In the summer of 1629, the Dutch coveted a newfound interest in obtaining the captaincy of Pernambuco, the largest and richest sugar-producing area in the world.^[2]^[3] The Dutch fleet of 65 ships was led by Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncq; the GWC gained control of Olinda by 16 February 1630, and Recife (the capital of Pernambuco) and António Vaz by March 3.^[3]

This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland and end with the Portuguese taking all of their captured possessions back.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Jaques p.845
^ Levine, Robert M.; Crocitti, John J.; Kirk, Robin; Starn, Orin (1999). The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Duke University Press. p. 121. ISBN 0822322900. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Recife—A City Made by Sugar". Awake!. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

References

Klein, Herbert S. African slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean (2007)
Jaques, Tony Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century (2006)

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