Tranquebar Rebellion | |||||||||
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Part of the Shipless Times | |||||||||
The Danish trade station and fortress at Tranquebar, from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok. | |||||||||
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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.