British forces occupy Dutch Malacca

A Society of Suriname record reports Boni’s death. Boni had led a prolonged war against plantation slavery and colonial military power. His death did not erase Aluku resistance or political life;...

As 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...

The proclamation followed the collapse of the old Dutch Republic under French military pressure. Colonial administration and company privileges would soon be reorganized, but the new regime...

From exile, William V instructed Dutch colonial governors to hand their colonies to Britain to prevent French seizure. The letters enabled British occupation of Dutch possessions in Asia and the...

Tula and fellow enslaved people at Knip refused to work and demanded freedom. The movement spread across Curaçao and became the largest uprising against slavery in the Dutch Atlantic. Tula’s political...

British forces took Cape Town and the Cape government capitulated, beginning the first British occupation. This changed the colonial administrator but not settler claims over Khoikhoi and San land...

After a British campaign and negotiations, Colombo capitulated. The surrender ended VOC rule in coastal Sri Lanka. The British takeover was another European transfer of colonial power; it did not...

The VOC ceased to exist when its charter expired. The Dutch state took over its debts, possessions, and administrative responsibilities. Company rule ended, but colonial extraction and coercive...

British forces defeated the Batavian garrison near Cape Town. The battle opened the way to British occupation, but the change of European rulers did not end settler land seizure or frontier wars...

After the Blaauwberg defeat and the surrender of part of the defending force, Governor Janssens and the remaining Batavian troops capitulated. British occupation began through an imperial handover...