Siege of Recife (1630)

Siege of Recife
	Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil
	; 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	Matias de Albuquerque
Strength
	7,000 Troops; 67 Ships
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

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 Recife) 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.

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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[WJ845-1] 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.

[Sugar-3] "Recife—A City Made by Sugar". Awake!. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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