Dutch Malacca

Dutch Malacca was a colony in Malay Peninsula and Sumatra (Southeast Asia) that lasted from 1641 to 1824 CE, about 183 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The Dutch East India Company took Malacca with Johor's help in 1641 but kept its main trade at Batavia. Britain received it in exchange for Bencoolen under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.

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Facts

Dates

1641 to 1824 CE

Duration

183 years

Type

Colony

Region

Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Southeast Asia

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Malacca

Came from

• Portuguese Malacca 1511 to 1641 CE

Became

• Straits Settlements 1826 to 1946 CE

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 1767 Fall of Ayutthaya
• 1815 Eruption of Tambora
• 1824 Anglo-Dutch Treaty

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Bruneian Sultanate c. 1368 to 1888 CE
• Sultanate of Sulu c. 1405 to 1915 CE
• Lan Na 1292 to 1775 CE
• Aceh Sultanate 1496 to 1903 CE
• Later Le dynasty 1428 to 1789 CE
• Lan Xang 1353 to 1707 CE
• Spanish Philippines 1565 to 1898 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia

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