Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

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Was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic during the American Revolutionary War.

Chronology

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February 1781: In 1781, the British military occupied the entire island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.

April 1781: During the American Revolutionary War, the British military under the command of Sir George Rodney and Sir John Vaughan captured the Dutch colonies of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo in 1781. This was part of the British strategy to secure control over the valuable sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean.

January 1782: Sadras, a town in India, was captured by the British East India Company.

February 1782: During the period of 27 February 1782 to February 1783, the French military occupied the colonies of Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo after forcing Governor Robert Kinston to surrender. This was part of the larger conflict between France and Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

March 1784: During the French occupation of Saba from November 26, 1781, to February 1784, the island was under the control of the French government. This period ended when the territory was transferred to the Dutch West India Company in 1784.

May 1784: The Treaty of Paris of 1784 returned Fort Nassau, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Lijdzaamheid, Fort Goede Hoop, and Fort Crêvecoeur to the Dutch, ending the hostilities between the Dutch and the British over control of the Dutch Gold Coast.

May 1784: The Treaty of Paris of 1784 was signed between Great Britain and the Netherlands, ending the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. As a result, Fort Sekondi in the British Gold Coast was returned to the Dutch, as stipulated in the treaty.

November 1781: The Siege of Negapatam in 1781 was a military conflict between British forces led by Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and French forces commanded by Admiral Suffren during the Anglo-French War. The British eventually captured Negapatam, a key port city in India, leading to its military occupation by Great Britain.

August 1782: In August, the French recaptured Trincomalee.

February 1781: British forces captured Sint Eustatius.

February 1784: The French leave the Dutch part of southern Saint Martin.

May 1784: In 1784, the British crown returned Trincomalee to the States General of Dutch Ceylon, along with other Dutch territories captured during the war. The East India Company forces were involved in the conquest of these towns, forts, harbors, and settlements.

August 1781: Henry Botham, one of the directors, commandeered the fleet, and with 100 company soldiers sailed for Padang. On 18 August, Jacob van Heemskerk, the VOC chief resident at Padang, surrendered all of the west coast outposts without a fight, unaware that Botham's force was relatively weak.

February 1781: 3 Feb 1781 - 26 Nov 1781: British occupation of Saba.

January 1783: In 1782, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, Britain seized Fort Nassau, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Lijdzaamheid, Fort Goede Hoop, and Fort Crêvecoeur from the Dutch. This was part of Britain's military occupation of the Dutch territories during the war.

May 1784: End of British occupation of Dutch Bengal.

January 1782: British forces captured Trincomalee.

January 1783: The Dutch Republic only managed to seize Fort Sekondi from the British.

July 1781: British occupation of Dutch Bengal.

January 1784: Sadras, a territory in Dutch Coromandel, was returned to the British under the Treaty of Paris in 1784. This decision was made after negotiations between the British and the Dutch, following the end of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War.

1. Treaty of Paris (1783)

Was the treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain as well as various other related wars. The treaty set the boundaries between British North America and the United States.