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Spanish Formosa (Spanish: Gobernación de Hermosa española) was a small colony of the Spanish Empire established in the northern tip of the island now known as Taiwan, then known to Europeans at the time as Formosa or to Spaniards as "Isla Hermosa" from 1626 to 1642. It was ceded to the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War.
Spanish Formosa (1626–1642) — Spanish colonial period Of Taiwan, in the Spanish East Indies and administered under the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México). Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The Battle of San Salvador (1642), also known as the Second Battle of San Salvador, was a military assault launched by the Dutch on a small fortified Spanish settlement and its aboriginal allies in northern Formosa 1642. After six days, the battle ended in defeat for the Spanish. The Spanish defeat secured complete island control for the Dutch.
The Spanish expedition to Formosa was a campaign mounted by the Spanish based in Manila, Philippines in 1626. It was the Spanish response to Dutch settlements being built in Formosa, now known as Taiwan. In cooperation with the Portuguese, this venture was made to attract Chinese traders and curtail the expansion of Dutch power in Asia.
Spanish Formosa (Isla Hermosa Española) - Keelung (Cheylam) No. Portrait Name From Until Governor-General of the Spanish East Indies (Term of office) Monarch (Reign) 1 Antonio Carreño de Valdes 伐爾得斯 16 May 1626 1629 Fernándo de Silva Ad Interim (July 1624 – 29 June 1626) Philip IV House of Habsburg (31 March 1621 – 17 September 1665)
The Spanish establish a settlement at Danshui and build Fort Santo Domingo in an attempt to attract Chinese merchants. [12] 1629: summer: Madou ambushes and kills 35 Dutch soldiers [16] 1630: February: Madou signs a nine-month truce with the Dutch [16] 1631: Spanish Formosa uses sulphur in Taiwan to trade for Chinese goods [12] 1633: 7 July
August - The Dutch drive the Spanish out of their colony of Spanish Formosa and regain control. [2] Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera, governor of the Philippines, is blamed for the loss of Formosa and eventually tried in court for his actions. [3] September 9 - Siege of Perpignan (1642). 500 Spanish survive out of original garrison of 3,000 [4]
The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company established its presence on Formosa to trade with the Ming Empire in neighbouring China and Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and to interdict Portuguese and Spanish trade and colonial ...