Battle of Macau

Battle of Macau
	Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
	; Dutch ships firing their cannons in the waters of Macau, drawn in 1665
Date	22–24 June 1622
Location	Macau
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Dutch East India Company	Portuguese Empire
Commanders and leaders
Cornelis Reijersen; Hans Ruffijn †;	Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho
Strength
800; ; 13 ships;	~150; ; Unknown number of black slaves;
Casualties and losses
300+ killed (136 Dutch); 126 wounded; ; 4 ships sunk;	6 Iberians killed; ~20 wounded; Small number of black slaves killed;

The Battle of Macau in 1622 was a conflict of the Dutch–Portuguese War fought in the Portuguese settlement of Macau, in southeastern China. The Portuguese, outnumbered and without adequate fortification, managed to repel the Dutch in a much-celebrated victory on 24 June after a three-day battle. The battle is the only major engagement that was fought primarily between two European powers on the Chinese mainland.^[1]

^ Boxer, C. R., Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. Martinus Nijhoff (The Hague), 1948. p. 86

[1] Boxer, C. R., Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. Martinus Nijhoff (The Hague), 1948. p. 86

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