Siege of Fort Zeelandia

Siege of Fort Zeelandia (1661-1662)
Fort Zeelandia, 17th century.
Date March 30, 1661 - February 1, 1662 Location Tainan, Taiwan Result Decisive Koxinga victory Establishment of Kingdom of Tungning
Belligerents
Koxinga's private army Koxinga's private fleet	Dutch East India Company	Ottoman Empire (support for both)
Commanders and leaders
Koxinga	Frederick Coyett
Strength
6,000[source?] soldiers and sailors Hundreds of war vessels.	Garrison: 1,200[1] unknown number of native allies and civilians Reinforcement: 10 ships, 700 sailors
Casualties and losses
unknown	1,600 killed or diseased 2 ships sunk 3 vessels captured

The Siege of Fort Zeelandia is the name for Koxinga's Invasion of Taiwan. The siege started in 1661 and ended in 1662. It ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan. After the siege, the Kingdom of Tungning ruled over the island. This event was said to be "a war that determined the fate of Taiwan in the four hundred years".^[2]

1. ↑ Jonathan Manthorpe, Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005) p. 65
2. ↑ 盧建榮, 1999, 入侵台灣:烽火家國四百年 台北: 麥田出版