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Adriaan van der Stel

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Dutch colonization of the world 📍 Sri Lanka

Adriaan van der Stel

Gender: Male

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VOC forces capture Batticaloa

📅 18 May 1638

VOC forces seized Batticaloa from the Portuguese with support from the Kingdom of Kandy. The alliance reflected Kandy’s own strategy against Portuguese power; Dutch expansion then used the foothold to...