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Period: 1500 to
For most of the 1500s...
Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia for the majority of the 16th century. -
Period: 1500 to 1525
Early 1500s
In the early 1500s, the Netherlands were part of the Holy Roman Empire, but later Protestant Northern Provinces began to want independence. -
1510
In 1510:
The Portuguese seize the island of Goa off the coast of India and make it their major military and commercial base. -
Period: 1510 to 1550
In less than 50 years....
The Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts. -
Period: 1510 to 1560
Portuguese trading Empire
In 1510-1560, the Portuguese built up a trading Empire in Southeast Asia. -
1511
In 1511
The Portuguese took the East Indies port of Malacca under Albuquerque. -
1521
The Philippines.
Magellan claimed the Philippines for Spain. -
Period: 1521 to 1570
Within about 50 years...
Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine islands. -
1526
The Mughal Empire Starts
For 200 years, the Mughal Empire was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. Also in 1526, King Affonso I wrote a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal. -
1599
A Dutch fleet returned to Amsterdam from Asia after more than a year's absence, leading to increase in overseas trade. -
In 1602
A group of wealthy Dutch merchants form the Dutch East India Company. -
In 1641
The Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China. -
Throughout the 1700s...
The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the East. -
Mid 1700s
Starting around the mid 1700s, the British and French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power. -
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Late 1700s
The company used its great wealth to dominate most of India. -
End
The Dutch Empire in Indonesia ended.