Valdemar II
Banned
What if China didn't succed in reconquer Taiwan from the dutch in the 17 century.
I don't know, but I need to know what year it happened in to see if I can incorporate it into my TL.
What year was it in?
wikipedia said:In 1661, a naval fleet of 1000 warships, led by the Ming loyalist Koxinga, landed at Lu'ermen to attack Taiwan in order to destroy and oust the Dutch from Zeelandia. Following a nine month siege, Koxinga captured the Dutch Fort Zeelandia and defeated the Dutch. Koxinga then forced the Dutch Government to sign a peace treaty at Zeelandia on 1 February 1662, and leave Taiwan. From then on, Taiwan became Koxinga's base for the Kingdom of Tungning.
It wasn't an officially sanctioned Chinese government expedition, that's the thing
It wasn't an officially sanctioned Chinese government expedition, that's the thing - Koxinga was acting pretty much alone. Which illustrates how indefensible a position the Dutch were in, as indeed they were in Sri Lanka, when the natives reduced their control to the coast only. Trade colonies are only profitable if they're not being attacked every five minutes, and national pride isn't at stake as it might be later on, so there's not a lot of incentive to make the Dutch keep somewhere if it keeps getting attacked - and I suspect if you get rid of Koxinga, some ATL analogue will be around a generation or two later at most.