Dano-Dutch War
War between the Dutch and Danish, 1661–1665 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dano-Dutch War (Danish: Dansk-Hollandske krig, Dutch: Deens-Nederlandse Oorlog) was a colonial conflict between the Danes and Dutch over the control of European fortifications on the Gold Coast. Denmark-Norway, assisted by England, defeated the Dutch in various places, although Michiel de Ruyter retaliated against the English by recapturing all forts but Cape Coast.[lower-alpha 1] This forced the Royal African Company into bankruptcy, which started the Second Anglo-Dutch War.[3]
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Dano-Dutch War | |||||||
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Part of the prelude to Second Anglo-Dutch War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Tobias Pensade[1] Henning Albrecht[1] Robert Holmes |
Jan Valckenburgh Michiel de Ruyter | ||||||
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England: 6-7 ships Denmark-Norway: Unknown | 13 warships | ||||||
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Denmark-Norway: 2 ships[2] | Unknown |
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