Siege of Fort Zeelandia | |||||||
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Part of the Sino-Dutch conflicts | |||||||
Surrender of Fort Zeelandia in Formosa to the Ming loyalists, 1662 by Johannes van Baden | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ming loyalists | Dutch East India Company | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Koxinga Chen Ze |
Frederick Coyett Hans Jurgen Radis Philip Meij | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
25,000, of whom 6,000 advanced on the fort[1] 400 Junks |
905 soldiers (Zeelandia)[2] 140 soldiers (Provintia)[3] 3 ships (Zeelandia)[4] 12 ships (relief) with 700 sailors[5][6][7] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
12,500 deserted or dead, mostly from disease,[8] including more than 2,200 killed by natives[9] |
1,600 killed or died of disease Zeelandia: 1 warship sunk[10] Relief: 1 warship sunk, 2 ships abandoned, 3 ships captured[11][12] | ||||||
The siege of Fort Zeelandia (Chinese: 熱蘭遮城包圍戰; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jia̍t-lân-jia Siâⁿ Pau-ûi-chiàn) of 1661–1662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island.