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Revision as of 17:47, 4 December 2011
| Siege of Recife | |||||||
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| Part of Dutch-Portuguese War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Dutch Republic |
 Portugal | ||||||
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| Hendrick Lonck [1] | Matias de Albuquerque[1] | ||||||
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7,000 Troops 67 Ships | |||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
In 1630 the Dutch captured Recife, in Portuguese Brazil.[2] This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland and end with the Portuguese taking all of their captured possessions back.
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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)