Luso-Dutch War in Brazil

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17th-century conflict colonial war

The Luso-Dutch War in Brazil was a 17th-century conflict between Portugal and the Dutch Republic over control of colonial territories and lucrative sugar-producing regions in northeastern Brazil.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Dutch occupation of Recife	2
Brazilian Insurrection of 1645	1
Dutch conquest of Recife region	1
Dutch occupation of Pernambuco	1
Dutch-Portuguese conflicts in Brazil	1
Luso-Dutch War in Brazil canonical	1
Luso-Dutch conflicts in Brazil	1
Pernambuco Insurrection	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century conflict ⓘ colonial war ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch West India Company ⓘ surface form: Dutch West India Company forces Dutch colonial troops ⓘ Luso-Brazilian planters and militias ⓘ Portuguese colonial forces ⓘ
cause	Dutch attempt to break the Iberian sugar monopoly ⓘ Portuguese effort to recover occupied territories ⓘ competition for control of the Atlantic sugar trade ⓘ
commandersIncluded	Francisco Barreto de Meneses ⓘ John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen ⓘ surface form: John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen Matias de Albuquerque ⓘ
conflictBetween	Dutch Republic ⓘ Dutch West India Company ⓘ Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ
conflictIn	colonial Brazil ⓘ
conflictOver	Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ surface form: northeastern Brazil sugar-producing regions in Brazil ⓘ
economicContext	sugar plantation economy ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
endDate	1654 ⓘ
involved	enslaved Africans fighting on both sides ⓘ indigenous allies of the Portuguese ⓘ
location	Alagoas ⓘ Bahia ⓘ Olinda ⓘ Paraíba ⓘ Pernambuco ⓘ Recife ⓘ Rio Grande do Norte ⓘ
mainTheater	Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
notableEvent	Battles of Guararapes ⓘ Luso-Dutch War in Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Brazilian Insurrection of 1645 Dutch capture of Salvador in 1624 ⓘ Dutch conquest of Pernambuco in 1630 ⓘ Luso-Dutch War in Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch occupation of Recife Dutch surrender of Recife in 1654 ⓘ Luso-Spanish reconquest of Salvador in 1625 ⓘ
partOf	Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Iberian conflicts Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ
relatedTo	Dutch Brazil ⓘ Iberian Union ⓘ Portuguese Restoration War ⓘ
result	Portuguese victory ⓘ expulsion of the Dutch from Brazil ⓘ restoration of Portuguese control over northeastern Brazil ⓘ
resultedIn	decline of Dutch Brazil ⓘ shift of Dutch sugar interests to the Caribbean ⓘ
startDate	1624 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese reconquest of Recife → partOf → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

Portuguese reconquest of Recife → relatedTo → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pernambuco Insurrection

Mauritsstad → event → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch conquest of Recife region

Luso-Brazilian forces → conflict → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luso-Dutch conflicts in Brazil

Luso-Dutch War in Brazil → notableEvent → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch occupation of Recife

Luso-Dutch War in Brazil → notableEvent → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brazilian Insurrection of 1645

Jaboatão dos Guararapes → hasHistoricalSignificance → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch-Portuguese conflicts in Brazil

Captaincy of Pernambuco → hadEvent → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch occupation of Pernambuco

island of Antônio Vaz → hasHistoricalEvent → Luso-Dutch War in Brazil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch occupation of Recife