Siege of Fort Zeelandia

Siege of Fort Zeelandia
Part of the Sino-Dutch conflicts

Surrender of Fort Zeelandia in Formosa to the Ming loyalists, 1662 by Johannes van Baden
DateMarch 30, 1661 – February 1, 1662
Location23°00′06″N 120°09′39″E / 23.00167°N 120.16083°E / 23.00167; 120.16083
Result Ming loyalists victory
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]
Siege of Fort Zeelandia is located in Taiwan
Siege of Fort Zeelandia
Location within Taiwan

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.

  1. ^ Clodfelter (2017), p. 63: "The whole force sent to Taiwan was 25,000 men, but only 6,000 advanced on Zeelandia."
  2. ^ Clodfelter (2017), p. 63: "1,733 Dutch inhabitants of Fort Zeelandia, of which 905 were armed men."
  3. ^ Andrade 2011a, p. 140.
  4. ^ Andrade 2011a, p. 194.
  5. ^ Andrade 2011a, p. 206.
  6. ^ Manthorpe (2009), p. 65.
  7. ^ Clodfelter (2017), p. 63.
  8. ^ Clodfelter (2017), p. 63: Clodfelter states that Koxinga's army lost half its men in Taiwan.
  9. ^ Andrade 2011a, p. 187-188.
  10. ^ Andrade 2011a, p. 138.
  11. ^ Andrade (2011a), pp. 221–222.
  12. ^ Andrade 2011a, p. 212, 236.