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Dutch Ceylon existed from 1640 until 1796. In the early 17th century, Sri Lanka was partly ruled by the Portuguese and partly by Sri Lankan (primarily of Sinhalese origin) kingdoms, who were constantly battling the Portuguese. Although the Portuguese were not winning the war, their rule was oppressive to the people of those areas controlled by ...
In 1793, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic went to war with the French Republic, joining the ongoing French Revolutionary Wars.Despite resistance from the Dutch Army and a British expeditionary force, the Dutch Republic was overrun by the French in the winter of 1794–1795, the French reforming the country into the Batavian Republic, a client state of the French regime. [1]
While Louis XIV was engaged in forming an anti-Dutch alliance, the fleet was set out in May 1670. [14] On March 22, 1672, as Admiral De La Haye led a French fleet to the vicinity of Ceylon, anchoring in the bay of Trincomalee. [15] Upon reaching Trincomalee, the Dutch, who held sway over segments of the Maritime Provinces, maintained a modest ...
History of Irrigation and Colonisation in Ceylon in 1941. Lands Maps and Surveys Vol I and Vol II in 1951. The Gal Oya Valley Project in Ceylon in 1951. Seeing Ceylon in 1965 reprinted in 1971 and reprinted in 1981. Furniture in Dutch Ceylon in 1969 and reprinted in 1978. Discovering Ceylon in 1973 and reprinted in 1982. Food and the People in 1975
Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens (24 June 1619 – 14 November 1682) was the Governor of Zeylan and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.He was the Governor of Zeylan from 12 May 1660 to 1661, then in 1663 and finally from 19 November 1664 to 1675 during the Dutch period in Ceylon. [3]
The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as a colony administered by the Dutch East India Company on 12 May 1656. The first governor, Willem Jacobszoon Coster, was appointed on 13 March 1640.
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Willem Jacob van de Graaff (28 May 1736 or 1737, in Huissen – 10 December 1804, in Utrecht) was the 35th Dutch governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon.. Ex voto en mémoire de Lady Christina Elisabeth Ange Heek épouse de William Jacob de Graaff, Colombo