Portuguese Gold Coast
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Were the Portuguese possessions on the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana).
Establishment
January 1482: Fort São Jorge da Mina de Ouro, modern Elmina.
Chronology
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Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
Was a global conflict between the Portuguese Empire and the Dutch Empire. The conflict primarily saw the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the East Indies.
2.1.Dutch Invasion of the Portuguese Gold Coast
Was the Dutch invasion the Portuguese Gold Coast.
August 1637: The Dutch occupied São Jorge da Mina. .
2.2.Operations in West Africa and Angola
Were the military operations of the Dutch in West Africa and Angola during the Dutch-Portuguese War.
January 1642: The Portoguese Gold Coast was ceded to the Dutch.
Was a revolution organized by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", that ended the Iberian Union.
November 1640: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie on 1 December 1640, sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", ended the Iberian Union between Portugal and Spain.
January 1487: Axim conquered by portugal.
January 1527: Shama conquered by portugal.
January 1551: The area of Osu (Ghana) was first occupied in 1550 by the Portuguese, led by Fernão Lopes. They established Fort Christiansborg (today: Osu) as a trading post on the Gold Coast. The Portuguese were later driven out by the Dutch in 1650.
January 1558: In 1557, the territory of Accra was under Portuguese control as part of the Portuguese Gold Coast.
January 1579: Accra remained under Portuguese rule until 1578.
January 1599: In 1598, the Dutch established their second trading post on the Gold Coast at Fort Batenstein (now known as Butri).
January 1599: The first Dutch trading post on the Gold Coast was established by the Dutch East India Company, under the leadership of Admiral Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck and merchant Pieter van den Broecke, in 1598 at Fort Nassau (today: Moree) in the Dutch Gold Coast.
January 1613: Jacob Clantius, who was to become the first General on the Coast, was sent to the Gold Coast in 1611. In 1612, after gaining permission of the local rulers through the Treaty of Asebu, he built Fort Nassau near Moree, on the site of an original Dutch trading post that had been burned down by the Portuguese.
January 1641: Shama conquered by netherlands.
January 1641: In 1640, the Dutch built Fort William.
January 1641: In 1560 the Portuguese founded Fort São Francisco Xavier, in modern Osu, district of Accra.
January 1681: Fort Christiansborg, located in present-day Osu, was occupied by the Portuguese in 1680.
Disestablishment
January 1683: Fort Christiansborg (today: Osu) was taken over by the Danish.
Selected Sources
Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523
de Oliveira Marques , A. H. R.(1972): History of Portugal, Columbia University Press, p. 322-325
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