Danish India
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Were the Danish colonies in the Indian Subcontinent.
Establishment
January 1621: Tranquebar was established in 1620 as the first Danish trading post in India.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Shahu I in the Maratha Empire.
January 1723: Establishment of the Danish outpost of Eddowa.
Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.
2.1.Gunboat War
Was a naval conflict between Denmark-Norway and the British during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing small gunboats against the materially superior Royal Navy.
February 1808: The Danish possessions at Tranquebar was taken over by the British East India Company.
January 1626: By 1625 a factory had been established at Masulipatnam (present-day Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh).
January 1626: Establishment of a Danish outpost in Pipli.
January 1626: Establishment of the Danish outpost in Balasore.
January 1644: Establishment of the Danish outpost in Balasore.
January 1644: Establishment of a Danish outpost in Pipli.
January 1644: By 1625 a factory had been established at Masulipatnam (present-day Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh).
January 1697: Establishment of the Danish outpost of Eddowa.
January 1699: Establishment of the Danish outpost of Dannemarksnagore in Bengal.
January 1715: Establishment of the Danish outpost of Dannemarksnagore in Bengal.
January 1742: In 1741, Governor Joseph François Dupleix arrived in India, aiming to establish a French territorial empire. Commanded by Marquis Bussy-Castelnau, Dupleix's forces gained control over the area from Hyderabad to Cape Comorin.
December 1754: The Governor of French India, Charles Godeheu, signed a treaty with the British on December 26, 1754, agreeing to evacuate all the territories in India conquered by his predecessor, Joseph Dupleix. The British also agreed to leave the territories of French India that they had occupied.
January 1756: Establishment of the Danish outpost in Colachel.
January 1756: Establishment of the Danish outpost of Frederiknagore (today Serampore) in Bengal.
January 1756: The history of organised European colonisation on the islands began with the Danish East India Company in 1754/56. During this time they were administrated from Tranquebar (in continental Danish India) administrated under the name of Frederiksøerne.
January 1759: The maximum extent of the Kingdom of Travancore was reached at the end of Marthanda Varma's reign.
April 1760: Karikal is occupied by British forces on 15 Apr 1760.
January 1764: Establishment of the Danish outpost in Balasore.
July 1778: The Nicobarese natives signed a document that ceded all twenty-four islands to Austria.
January 1786: The colonists continued on, and managed successfully until Gottfried Stahl, leader of the colonization effort, died in 1783. After Stahl's death, the remaining colonists decided to abandon the islands in 1785.
January 1809: Serampore was occupied by British forces during the Napoleonic Wars.
January 1819: Serampore is given back to Denmark.
January 1840: Serampore was sold to the British in 1839.
November 1845: Belasore in continental Danish India is sold to the British East India Company.
October 1868: Denmark's presence in the islands ended formally on 16 October 1868 when it sold the rights to the Nicobar Islands to Britain.
Disestablishment
October 1868: Denmark's presence in the islands ended formally on 16 October 1868 when it sold the rights to the Nicobar Islands to Britain.
Selected Sources
Datta, R. (June, 15th 2023): Tranquebar - A piece of Denmark on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, The telegraph India, https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/exploring-the-danish-history-and-coastal-charms-of-tharangambadi-or-tranquebar-near-puducherry-in-tamil-nadu/cid/1870111
Die Dänen in Indien, Südostasien und China (1620-1845), Wiesbaden (Germany), p. 236
Die Dänen in Indien, Südostasien und China (1620-1845), Wiesbaden (Germany), pp. 215-219
Larsen, K. (1940): Guvernører, Residenter, Kommadanter og Chefer samt enkele andre fremtradende personer i de tidligere Danske Tropokolonier, Copenhagen (Denmark), p. 18
Larsen, K. (1940): Guvernører, Residenter, Kommadanter og Chefer samt enkele andre fremtradende personer i de tidligere Danske Tropokolonier, Copenhagen (Denmark), p. 20
Larsen, K. (1940): Guvernører, Residenter, Kommadanter og Chefer samt enkele andre fremtradende personer i de tidligere Danske Tropokolonier, Copenhagen (Denmark), pp. 323-324
Pradhan, U. K. (2007): Ports of Baleswar in the Maritime History, Orissa Review of November - 2007, p. 42
Stephen, S. J. (2008): The Indian Trade at the Asian Frontier, New Delhi (India), p. 123
