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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]
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.
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
In the Introduction to "Ceylon" Tennent writes "Respecting the Physical Geography and Natural History of the colony, I found an equal want of reliable information; and every work that even touched on the subject was pervaded by the misapprehension which I have collected evidence to correct; that Ceylon is but a fragment of the great Indian ...
Colombo, Dutch Ceylon Iman Willem Falck (25 March 1736 – 6 February 1785) was a Dutch colonial governor who served as the 32nd Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon . He was appointed on 7 August 1765 and was Governor until 5 February 1785. [ 1 ]
After the battle, Rijckloff van Goens marched towards Jaffna and took the city after a siege.This marked the end of Portuguese influence in Ceylon, [1] [2] and would then result in the Dutch and the Kingdom of Kandy splitting the territory of the former Portuguese Ceylon.
Between 1722 and 1724 he was Governor of Dutch Bengal and finally in 1726 was appointed governor of Ceylon. [1] Vuyst's rule in Ceylon began well, as he ordered the fortifications of the strategic port of Galle to be strengthened, and had a new road built from the Fort of Colombo to the suburb of Mutwal. [4]