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Period: 1500 to 1525
1500-1525
Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia. -
1510
1510
Portuguese seized the island of Goa off the coast of India, to make it a military/commercial base -
Period: 1510 to 1560
1510-1560
Portuguese built trading empire in Southeast Asia. -
Period: 1510 to 1560
1510-1560
Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts. -
1511
1511
The Portuguese took the East Indies part of Malacca under Albuquerque -
1521
1521
Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain. -
1525
1525
Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later protestant Northern provinces want independence. -
1526
1526
The Mughal empire started and for 200 years, it was peaceful, prosperous and strong, King Alfonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal. -
Period: 1526 to 1576
within 50 years
Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine islands -
1599
The Dutch return with ships form Asia leading to an increase in overseas trade. -
1602
A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company. -
Period: to
1700-1750
The British and the French had become locked in bitter struggle for global power. -
In the 1700's
The growing empire of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the East. -
Period: to
1775-1799
Britain has used its great wealth to dominate much of India. -
1900
The Dutch maintained an Empire in Indonesia.
