Year |
Date |
Event
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1603 |
|
Chinese scholar Chen Di spends some time at the Bay of Tayouan (which Taiwan takes its name from) during a Ming dynasty anti-pirate mission and provides the first significant description of Taiwanese aborigines[6]
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1604 |
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Sino-Dutch conflicts: Dutch envoy Wijbrand van Waerwijck and his army are ordered to occupy Penghu (Pescadores) in order to open trade with China
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1609 |
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The Tokugawa Shogunate sends feudal lord Arima Harunobu on an exploratory mission to Taiwan.
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1616 |
|
Nagasaki official Murayama Tōan leads troops on an unsuccessful invasion of Taiwan
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1622 |
August |
The Dutch start building a fort at Penghu (Pescadores)
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1623 |
|
Chinese population in southwestern Taiwan reaches 1,500[4]
|
1624 |
26 August |
Sino-Dutch conflicts: Ming forces evict the Dutch from Penghu (Pescadores) and they retreat to Taiwan, settling near the Bay of Tayouan next to a pirate village
|
|
There are two Chinese villages in Southwestern Taiwan, on a long thing peninsula on the Bay of Tayouan, and on the mainland in what would become Tainan[14]
|
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Chinese laborers start building the Fort Zeelandia at the Bay of Tayouan for the Dutch[14]
|
1625 |
|
The Dutch clash with 170 Chinese pirates in the Madou and are forced to retreat; later the pirates are driven away[15]
|
1626 |
July |
The Dutch force the Chinese inhabitants of Taiwan to obtain a permit of residence[14]
|
|
Spanish expedition to Formosa: The Spanish arrive at Santissima Trinidad (Keelung) and build a fort[11]
|
1627 |
|
Chinese trade with Spanish Formosa picks up after the Spanish manage to ingratiate themselves with the governor of Fujian by defending him from attacks by the aborigines[11]
|
1628 |
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The Dutch sign a trade treaty with Zheng Zhilong[14]
|
|
The Spanish establish a settlement at Danshui and build Fort Santo Domingo in an attempt to attract Chinese merchants.[11]
|
1629 |
summer |
Madou ambushes and kills 35 Dutch soldiers[15]
|
1630 |
February |
Madou signs a nine-month truce with the Dutch[15]
|
1631 |
|
Spanish Formosa uses sulphur in Taiwan to trade for Chinese goods[11]
|
1633 |
7 July |
Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Hans Putmans' fleet sails into the harbor of Xiamen and fire on Zheng Zhilong's fleet without warning[14]
|
22 October |
Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Hans Putmans' fleet is defeated by Zheng Zhilong off of Kinmen[14]
|
1634 |
October |
The Dutch forbid Chinese trade of deerskins to anyone but them[16]
|
5 November |
Dutch forces rout Taccariang's forces[15]
|
|
Liu Xiang attacks Fort Zeelandia in retaliation for their refusal to aid him against Zheng Zhilong, but fails[14]
|
|
Chinese start planting sugarcane near Fort Provintia[4]
|
1635 |
winter |
Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa: The Dutch defeat Madou[15]
|
1636 |
|
The Dutch declare a pax hollandica in the plains around the Bay of Tayouan[15]
|
|
The Chinese start conducting large scale commercial hunting in Taiwan with assistance from the Dutch East India Company[16]
|
1637 |
|
The Spanish withdraw half their forces from Taiwan[11]
|
1640 |
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The Dutch force Chinese people in Taiwan to pay a residency tax[17]
|
1641 |
|
The Dutch attempt to oust the Spaniards from Keelung but fail[18]
|
1642 |
August |
The Dutch oust the Spaniards in Keelung; so ends Spanish Formosa[18]
|
|
The Dutch forbid Chinese from settling outside of areas of company control[17]
|
1645 |
|
The Chinese are forbidden from hunting deer in Taiwan[17]
|
1651 |
|
Reports of violence and extortion of the Chinese by the Dutch are reported[17]
|
1652 |
7–11 September |
Guo Huaiyi rebellion: Chinese farmers rebel against the Dutch and are defeated; considered to be the first Chinese anti-western uprising[17]
|
|
Chinese population in Taiwan reaches 20,000 to 25,000[17]
|
1654 |
May |
Locusts, plague, and earthquakes greatly damage Taiwan[19]
|
1655 |
August |
Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong declares sovereignty over Chinese citizens in Taiwan[19]
|
1656 |
9 July |
An edict from Zheng Chenggong arrives at Fort Zeelandia declaring all Chinese trade of foreign products to be illegal and punishable by death, and Chinese merchants start leaving Taiwan as a result[19]
|
1660 |
March |
The Dutch receive news of Zheng Chenggong's plans to invade Taiwan[20]
|
|
Albrecht Herport notes that even in their depleted state, there are an abundance of deer in Taiwan[6]
|
1661 |
21 April |
Zheng Chenggong departs from Kinmen Island for Taiwan
|
30 April |
Zheng Chenggong arrives on the shores of Dutch Formosa near Fort Provintia where three Dutch ships attack them, but one sinks, and the other two retreat; two subsequent Dutch attacks are also defeated
|
1 May |
Fort Provintia surrenders to Zheng Chenggong
|
3 May |
Aboriginals around the Bay of Tayouan surrender to Zheng Chenggong[20]
|
16 September |
Fort Zeelandia launches an attack on Zheng Chengong's army and is defeated[20]
|
1662 |
1 February |
Siege of Fort Zeelandia: Fort Zeelandia surrenders to Zheng Chenggong and the Dutch depart from Taiwan; so ends Dutch Formosa
|
23 June |
Zheng Chenggong dies and is succeeded by Zheng Xi
|
November |
Zheng Jing defeats Zheng Xi and renamed his realm the Kingdom of Dongning
|
1663 |
February |
Zheng Jing returns to Xiamen
|
July |
Zheng Jing imprisons his brother Zheng Tai, and as a result their relatives surrender to the Qing dynasty
|
November |
The Qing dynasty conquers Xiamen and Kinmen Island
|
1664 |
July |
The Dutch occupy Keelung
|
September |
Qing commander Shi Lang leads a fleet of warships to invade Taiwan but is turned back by bad weather
|
|
Chinese population in Taiwan rises to 50,000
|
1665 |
May |
Shi Lang attempts to invade Taiwan but his fleet is scattered by a storm
|
1666 |
May |
Chinese troops attempt to dislodge the Dutch from Keelung but fail
|
1668 |
|
The Dutch abandon Keelung after alienating local aboriginal villages
|
1674 |
|
Zheng Jing re-enters Xiamen (Amoy)
|
1678 |
|
Zheng Jing's forces under Liu Guoxuan attempt to conquer Zhangzhou but fail
|
1680 |
26 March |
Zheng Jing departs from Xiamen
|
1681 |
March |
Zheng Jing dies and his son Zheng Kezang succeeds him, only to be ousted by Zheng Keshuang
|
1683 |
12 July |
Battle of Penghu: Qing commander Shi Lang leads an attack on the Zheng fleet near Penghu (Pescadores) but fails
|
17 July |
Battle of Penghu: The Qing fleet returns and defeats the Zheng fleet, occupying Penghu (Pescadores)
|
|
The Qing dynasty conquers the Kingdom of Dongning; Zheng Keshuang is given a non-hereditary position in Beijing
|
1684 |
|
Taiwan is made a prefecture of Fujian, governed by a prefect, under which are magistrates of three counties, Zhuluo, Taiwan, and Fengshan
|
|
Total population of Taiwan is around 100,000[6]
|
|
Shi Lang estimates that half of Taiwan's Chinese population has left for the mainland
|
1685 |
|
Lin Qianguang writes an account of Taiwanese indigenous peoples
|
1699 |
|
Taiwanese aborigines rebel in northern Taiwan
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