Tranquebar Rebellion

Tranquebar Rebellion
Part of the Shipless Times

The Danish trade station and fortress at Tranquebar, from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok.
Date15 May 1648
Location11°1′45″N 79°50′58″E / 11.02917°N 79.84944°E / 11.02917; 79.84944
Result Mutineer victory
Territorial
changes
Willem Leyel is replaced by Poul Hansen as governor of Tranquebar
Belligerents
Leyel loyalist Mutineers
Commanders and leaders
Willem Leyel  (POW)
Claus Rytter
Herman Clausen
Poul Hansen
Frantz Erkmand
Anders Nielsen
Units involved
Christianshavn Dansborg garrison
Strength
Minor Majority of Danish officials
Casualties and losses
None None

The Tranquebar Rebellion (Danish: Trankebar oprøret) also known as the Tranquebar Mutiny (Danish: Trankebar opstanden) was a bloodless mutiny and uprising against the governor of Tranquebar, Willem Leyel, at Tranquebar in 1648. The mutineers succeeded in arresting Leyel, and he would be replaced by the leader of the rebellion, Paul Hansen Korsør.


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