Dutch–Portuguese War

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early modern conflict war

The Dutch–Portuguese War was a 17th-century global conflict in which the Dutch sought to seize Portuguese colonial possessions and trade routes across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Dutch–Portuguese War canonical	10
Dutch conquest of Recife	1
Dutch-Portuguese War in Brazil	1
Dutch–Iberian conflicts	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in Angola	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in Asia	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in Brazil	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in Ceylon	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in India	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in Southeast Asia	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in West Africa	1
Dutch–Portuguese War in the East Indies	1
Dutch–Portuguese War on the Gold Coast	1
Dutch–Portuguese conflicts in the East Indies	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
cause	Dutch attempt to seize Portuguese colonial possessions ⓘ competition for control of Asian trade routes ⓘ competition for control of Atlantic trade routes ⓘ competition for control of spice trade ⓘ competition for control of sugar trade ⓘ
conflictBetween	Dutch Republic ⓘ Portugal ⓘ
endTime	1663 ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Dutch Golden Age ⓘ Portuguese Restoration War context ⓘ global trade networks ⓘ history of colonialism ⓘ
hasPart	Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in Angola Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in Brazil Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in Ceylon Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in India Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in Southeast Asia Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in West Africa Dutch–Portuguese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Portuguese War in the East Indies
mainTheater	Africa ⓘ Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Indian Ocean ⓘ Malacca ⓘ Angola ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Angola Portuguese America ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Brazil Portuguese Gold Coast ⓘ Portuguese India ⓘ South Atlantic ⓘ
participant	Dutch East India Company ⓘ Dutch West India Company ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ indigenous peoples in Brazil ⓘ local African polities ⓘ local Asian polities ⓘ
relatedTo	Dutch colonial empire ⓘ Eighty Years' War ⓘ Iberian Union ⓘ Portuguese Empire ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Empire in the Age of Discovery
result	Dutch control of Ceylon ⓘ Dutch control of Malacca ⓘ Dutch control of parts of the Gold Coast ⓘ Dutch dominance in the East Indies ⓘ Portuguese loss of many Asian possessions ⓘ Portuguese reconquest of Brazil ⓘ decline of Portuguese colonial power in Asia ⓘ expansion of Dutch colonial empire ⓘ shift of maritime trade dominance from Iberian powers to the Dutch ⓘ temporary Dutch control of parts of Brazil ⓘ
startTime	1601 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Dutch West India Company → involvedIn → Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ

Dutch Brazil → significantEvent → Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch conquest of Recife

Portuguese Empire → event → Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ

Dutch colonial empire → notableConflict → Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ

Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen → participatedIn → Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch-Portuguese War in Brazil