📅 10 May 1624
A Dutch West India Company (WIC) fleet seized Salvador, the capital of Portuguese Brazil. The occupation targeted a major sugar-producing colony and port in a region whose wealth depended on...
📅 30 April 1625
After a year-long occupation, a large Iberian expedition forced the Dutch garrison to surrender Salvador. The episode shows that Dutch colonial expansion faced organized resistance and depended on...
📅 8 September 1628
Piet Hein’s WIC fleet captured a Spanish silver convoy near Cuba. The prize financed the company’s Atlantic war effort. The event belongs to an imperial struggle over American silver, shipping, and...
