Capture of Bahia

Capture of Salvador
Part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil
Attack on San Salvador (c. 1624), oil painting by Andries van Eertvelt (1590–1652)
Date 8 May 1624 Location Salvador, present-day Brazil Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic  WIC	Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Jacob Willekens Pieter Heyn	Mendonça Furtado [pt]
Strength
6,500	3,000
Casualties and losses
50 killed or wounded	Unknown

The capture of Salvador was a military engagement between Portugal (at that time, united with Spain in the Iberian Union) and the Dutch West India Company, that occurred in 1624, and ended in the capture of the Brazilian city of Salvador by the latter. This capture was part of the Groot Desseyn plan of the Dutch West India Company. Although the Dutch intentions were reported to the Spanish no preventive counter-action was taken by them.