European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia

By Larson25
  • Period: 1500 to 1500

    Most of the 1500s

    Portugal controlled spice trade between Europe and Asia
  • 1510

    1510

    1510
    Portuguese seized the island of Goa to make a military/commercial base.
  • Period: 1510 to 1560

    In less than 50 years (1510-1560)

    Portuguese built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts.
  • 1511

    1511

    1511
    Portugal takes island of Malacca under Albuquerque.
  • 1521

    1521

    1521
    Magellan had claimed the archipelago (the Philippines) for Spain.
  • 1525

    1525

    1525
    Netherlands was part of Holy Roman Empire, later Protestant. Northern provinces want independence.
  • 1526

    1526

    1526
    Mughal Empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong. King Affonso I writes a complaint letter to King John III of Portugal.
  • 1532

    Within 50 years

    Within 50 years
    Spain had conquered and colonized the Philippine islands.
  • 1540

    1510-1560

    1510-1560
    Portuguese built trading empire in Southeast Asia

  • 1599

    1599
    Dutch return with ships from Asia leading to an increase in overseas trade.

  • 1602

    1602
    A group of wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company.

  • 1641

    1641
    Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese and opened trade with China.

  • 1700

    1700
    The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading Empire in the East.

  • 1750

    1750
    The British and the French had become locked in a bitter struggle for global power.

  • 1775

    1775
    Britain has used it's great wealth to dominate much of India

  • 1990

    1990
    The Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia