Siege of Recife (1630)

1630 siege

Siege of Recife

Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil

Dutch siege of Olinda and Recife
| Date| February 14 – March 3, 1630

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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|  Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown|  Unknown

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Dutch–Portuguese War

Europe

* Cape St. Vincent
* The Downs

Brazil

* 1st Salvador
* 2nd Salvador
* 3rd Salvador
* 1st Recife
* Mata Redonda
* Abrolhos
* Porto Calvo
* 4th Salvador
* Itamaracá
* Paraíba
* Tabocas
* Casa Forte
* Tamanare
* 1st Guararapes
* 2nd Guararapes
* 2nd Recife

Africa

* 1st Mozambique
* 2nd Mozambique
* 1st Elmina
* 2nd Elmina
* 1st Luanda
* Kombi
* 2nd Luanda

Asia

* Bantam
* Amboina
* 1st Malacca
* Changi
* Cape Rachado
* Macau
* Persian Gulf
* Hormuz
* Jambi
* Goa
* Mormugão
* Galle
* 2nd Malacca
* 1st Colombo
* 2nd Colombo
* Malabar

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Dutch colonial campaigns

17th century

* Bantam (1601)
* Amboina (1605)
* Malacca (1606)
* Cape Rachado (1606)
* Mozambique (1607)
* Mozambique (1608)
* Banda Islands (1609–21)
* Johor (1613)
* Macau (1622)
* Pescadores (1622–24)
* Salvador (1624)
* Persian Gulf (1625)
* Salvador (1625)
* Elmina (1625)
* Cuba (1628)
* Batavia (1628–29)
* Recife (1630)
* Jambi (1630)
* Abrolhos (1631)
* Liaoluo Bay (1633)
* Taiwan (1635–36)
* Brazil (1636)
* Liuqiu Island (1636)
* Porto Calvo (1637)
* Elmina (1637)
* Vietnam (1637–43)
* Goa (1638)
* Salvador (1638)
* Mormugão (1639)
* Itamaracá (1640)
* Ceylon (1640)
* Malacca (1641)
* Luanda (1641)
* Taiwan (1641)
* Taiwan (1642)
* Chile (1643)
* Cambodia (1643–44)
* New Netherland (1643–45)
* India (1644-45)
* Tabocas (1645)
* Brazil (1645)
* Philippines (1646)
* Kombi (1647)
* Guararapes (1648)
* Guararapes (1649)
* Taiwan (1652)
* 2nd Recife (1652-1654)
* 2nd Colombo (1654)
* Malabar (1658-1663)
* New Netherland (1659–63)
* South Africa (1659-1677)
* Taiwan (1661–62)
* Sri Lanka (1670-1670)
* India (1673)
* Java (1674–80)

18th century

* Java (1704–07)
* Java (1719–23)
* India (1739–41)
* Java (1741–43)
* Penfui (1749)
* Java (1749–57)
* Sri Lanka (1764-1766)
* India (1781)
* Ceylon (1782)
* Gold Coast (1782)
* Cape Colony (1795)

19th century

* Surinam (1804)
* Cape Colony (1806)
* Java (1806–07)
* Moluccas (1810)
* Java (1811)
* Algiers (1816)
* Ambon (1817)
* Palembang (1819)
* Palembang (1821)
* Sumatra (1821–37)
* Borneo (1823)
* Bone (1824–25)
* Java (1825–30)
* Aceh (1831)
* Ahanta (1837–39)
* Bali (1846)
* Bali (1848)
* Bali (1849)
* Palembang (1851–59)
* Montrado (1854–55)
* Nias (1855–64)
* Bali (1858)
* Bone (1858–59)
* Borneo (1859–63)
* Japan (1863–64)
* Pasoemah (1864–68)
* Gold Coast (1869–70)
* Aceh (1873–1913)
* Mandor (1884–85)
* Jambi (1885)
* Edi (1890)
* Lombok and Karangasem (1894)
* Pedir (1897–98)

20th century

* Kerinci (1903)
* Bone (1905–06)
* Bali (1906)
* Bali (1908)
* Venezuela (1908)
* Indonesia (1941–45)
* Indonesia (1946–49)

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Portuguese colonial campaigns

15th century

* Morocco (1415)
* Morocco (1419)
* Morocco (1437)
* Morocco (1458)
* Morocco (1463-64)
* Morocco (1468)
* Morocco (1471)
* Morocco (1471)
* Guinea (1478)
* Morocco (1487)
* Morocco (1489)
* Morocco (1490)

16th century

* India (1500-1513)
* Algeria (1501)
* East Africa (1505)
* Indian Ocean (1505–17)
* India (1506)
* East Africa (1507)
* Socotra (1507)
* Persian Gulf (1507–15)
* India (1508)
* India (1509)
* India (1510)
* Malaysia (1511)
* Morocco (1513)
* Morocco (1514)
* Morocco (1514)
* Morocco (1515)
* Morocco (1515)
* Morocco (1516)
* East Africa (1517)
* Goa (1517)
* Malaysia (1520)
* Sri Lanka (1520–1658)
* Sumatra (1521)
* Bahrain (1521)
* Insulindia (1521)
* China (1521)
* Sumatra (1522)
* Arabia (1523)
* Malaysia (1523)
* Sumatra (1523-24)
* Insulindia (1525)
* Insulindia (1526)
* India (1526)
* Java (1527)
* Sumatra (1528)
* East Africa (1528)
* Persian Gulf (1529)
* Moluccas (1530–1607)
* India (1531)
* Morocco (1533)
* Malaysia (1534)
* Tunis (1535)
* Malaysia (1535)
* Malaysia (1536)
* Moluccas (1536)
* Brazil (1534-1536)
* Indian Ocean (1538–60)
* Red Sea (1541)
* Red Sea (1541)
* Red Sea (1541)
* Red Sea (1541)
* Ethiopia (1541)
* Ethiopia (1542)
* East Africa (1542)
* Insulindia (1545)
* India (1546)
* Malaysia (1547)
* Arabia (1548)
* Arabia (1548)
* Persian Gulf (1551)
* Malaysia (1551)
* Arabia (1552–54)
* Gulf of Oman (1554)
* Pakistan (1557)
* Brazil (1558)
* Jaffna (1560)
* Japan (1561)
* Morocco (1562)
* Japan (1565)
* Brazil (1567)
* Malacca (1568)
* Sumatra (1569)
* Goa (1570-71)
* Chaul (1570-71)
* Honavar (1571)
* Mangalore (1571)
* India (1570–75)
* Malaysia (1573)
* Malaysia (1574)
* Malaysia (1575)
* Morocco (1578)
* India (1581)
* Arabia (1581)
* Indian Ocean (1586–89)
* Persian Gulf (1586)
* Malaysia (1586)
* Malaysia (1587)
* Sri Lanka (1587-88)
* Mombasa (1589)
* Jaffna (1591)
* India (1599)

17th century

* Java (1601)
* Sumatra (1606)
* Malaysia (1606)
* Malaysia (1606)
* India (1612)
* Brazil (1612-1615)
* Persian Gulf (1614)
* Malaysia (1615)
* Jaffna (1619)
* Coromandel Coast (1619)
* Persian Gulf (1621-22)
* Trincomalee (1622)
* Persian Gulf (1622)
* China (1622)
* Angola (1622)
* Angola (1623)
* Brazil (1624)
* Persian Gulf (1625)
* Brazil (1625)
* Gold Coast (1625)
* Malaysia (1628)
* Malacca (1629)
* Cape of Good Hope (1630)
* Brazil (1630)
* Jambi (1630)
* Brazil (1631)
* East Africa (1632)
* Bengal (1632)
* Arabia (1633)
* Arabia (1633-43)
* Brazil (1636)
* Gold Coast (1637)
* India (1638)
* Brazil (1638)
* India (1638–39)
* India (1639)
* Brazil (1640)
* Morocco (1640)
* Malaysia (1640–41)
* Angola (1641–48)
* Brazil (1641)
* India (1644-45)
* Brazil (1645)
* Brazil (1645)
* Angola (1647)
* Brazil (1648)
* Brazil (1649)
* Arabia (1650)
* Brazil (1652–54)
* 1st Sri Lanka (1654)
* 2nd Sri Lanka (1654)
* Malabar (1658-63)
* Angola (1665)
* Angola (1670)
* Angola (1670)
* Angola (1671)
* Angola (1681)
* India (1693)
* East Africa (1696–98)

18th century

* India (1704)
* Brazil (1710)
* Brazil (1711)
* India (1729-32)
* Banda Oriental (1735–37)
* India (1746)
* India (1746)
* India (1752)
* Brazil (1756)
* Brazil (1762–63)
* Banda Oriental and Rio Grande do Sul (1762–63)
* Morocco (1769)
* Angola (1774-1778)
* Banda Oriental (1776–77)

19th century

* French Guiana (1809)
* China (1809-10)
* Banda Oriental (1816–20)
* Brazil (1821–25)
* China (1846)
* Mozambique (1847-1910)
* China (1849)
* Mozambique (1895)

20th century

* Angola (1902–03)
* Angola (1907)
* Angola (1914–15)
* Angola (1914-1917)
* Mozambique (1917–18)
* Timor (1942–43)
* India (1954)
* India (1961)
* Africa (1961–74)
* Angola (1961–74)
* Guinea-Bissau (1963–74)
* Mozambique (1964–74)

The Siege of Recife was a battle between Dutch and Portuguese forces near modern-day Recife, Brazil in 1630.

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 Dutch West India Company gained control of Olinda by 16 February 1630, and Recife (the capital of Pernambuco) and the island of António Vaz (opposite to the town) by 3 March.[3]

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

## See also

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* Mauritsstad
* Recapture of Recife (1652–1654)

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Jaques p.845
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b "Recife—A City Made by Sugar". Awake!. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

## References

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* 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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