EVENT INFORMATION

4
Febrüari
1640

VOC forces take Negombo

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📅 4 Febrüari 1640 📍 Sri Lanka

The VOC captured Negombo from the Portuguese during its campaign to control Sri Lanka’s coastal forts and cinnamon trade. The Dutch advance depended on Kandy’s alliance, but the resulting company regime imposed a new colonial authority over coastal communities.

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Willem Jacobsz Coster

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Dutch East India Company

Kingdom of Kandy