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The defence of Dutch Ceylon was undertaken mainly by European mercenaries, in particular, the De Meuron Regiment: 1,000 men strong and for two-thirds consisting of Swiss soldiers. On 30 March 1795, British official Hugh Cleghorn signed a contract with the proprietor of the Regiment, Count Charles-Daniel de Meuron to transfer his regiment into ...
CHAPTER 1 Ceylon as known to the Greeks and Romans; CHAPTER 2 Indian, Arabian, and Persian authorities; CHAPTER 3 Ceylon as known to the Chinese; CHAPTER 4 Ceylon as known to the Moors, Genoese and Venetians; Volume 2. PART VI MODERN HISTORY. CHAPTER 1 The Portuguese in Ceylon; CHAPTER 2 The Dutch in Ceylon; CHAPTER 3 The English period
Dutch Ceylon had two classes of people of European descent: those who were paid by the VOC and were referred to as Company servants (i.e. employees), and those who had migrated of their own free will. The latter were not referred to as burghers in Ceylon, but rather by their rank, position or standing.
The Battle of Mannar was a short battle fought between the Dutch and the opposing Portuguese forces on 22 February 1658. This battle, along with the subsequent capture of Jaffna would mark the end of Portuguese Ceylon. [1] [2]
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 late 17th century, the bulk of these (300,000) lived on Ceylon, while by the late 18th century, Dutch Ceylon's population was 350,000–817,000 compared to their 2 million Javanese subjects (with the rest of their subjects living on other Malay islands, plus a minor population of 25,000 settlers in the Cape Colony). [11]
Philippus Baldaeus. Philips Baelde or Philippus Baldaeus, (baptized on 24 October 1632, [1] Delft – 1671, [2] Geervliet) was a Dutch minister.He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an invading Dutch force.
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