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Suriname transferred to the Dutch Republic by the Treaty of Breda
📅 31 July 1667On 31 July 1667, the Treaty of Breda ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and confirmed that Suriname would remain under Dutch control. The agreement transferred a colony whose plantation economy...
Treaty of Breda reallocates colonial claims
📅 31 July 1667The treaty ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War formalized territorial exchanges: England retained New Netherland while the Dutch retained Suriname. The agreement treated colonized territories as...
Dutch forces recapture New York
📅 9 August 1673During the Third Anglo-Dutch War, Dutch forces retook New York and renamed it New Orange. The brief restoration of Dutch rule was another imperial transfer imposed over Indigenous homelands; it did...
Treaty of Westminster ends the Third Anglo-Dutch War
📅 19 February 1674The treaty ended the war and set the terms for the Dutch return of New Netherland to England. European powers formalized colonial possession through diplomacy, while Indigenous communities had no role...
New Netherland is formally returned to England
📅 10 November 1674Dutch authorities formally returned New Netherland to England under the postwar settlement. The transfer ended Dutch political rule in the colony but preserved European settler claims and systems of...
Britain declares war on the Dutch Republic
📅 20 December 1780The declaration opened the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and exposed the vulnerability of Dutch colonial trade and overseas settlements. Britain targeted Dutch shipping and possessions as part of a global...
Dutch and British representatives agree preliminary peace terms
📅 2 September 1783The preliminary Anglo-Dutch articles ended the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. Dutch colonies and trading stations had been occupied during the conflict, and imperial powers negotiated their return and...
The Peace of Paris formalizes a global imperial settlement
📅 3 September 1783The treaty ended the American War of Independence and accompanied parallel settlements among European powers, including the Dutch Republic. Captured Dutch possessions in Asia and the Guianas were...
Stadholder William V flees to Britain
📅 18 January 1795As French forces entered the Dutch Republic, William V left for Britain. His exile set in motion instructions that Dutch colonial governors should accept British occupation to keep colonies from...