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1500
Portugal controls spice trade
Most of the 1500s Portugal controls the spice trade between Europe and Asia -
1500
Northern Provinces win independence
In the early 1500s Netherlands was part of the Roman Holy Empire, later protestant Northern Provinces won independence -
1510
Portuguese seize Goa
Portuguese seize the island of Goa, to make it a military and commercial base. -
1510
Portuguese builds trading empire
Portuguese builds a trading empire in South East Asia from 1510-1560 -
1511
Portuguese take over Malacca port
Portuguese take over the port of Malacca in East Indies, and massacred all the Muslims -
1521
Archipelago claimed for Spain
Magellan claimed the archipelago for Spain and named it the Philippines. Named it after Spanish king Philip the 2nd. -
Period: 1521 to 1571
Portuguese build trading empire
In less than 50 years the Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts -
1526
Mughal Empire started
Mughal empire started and for 200 years it was peaceful, prosperous, and strong -
1571
Spain conquer and colonized Philippine Islands
Spain conquered and colonized the Philippine Islands -
Increase in overseas trade
Dutch ships return from Asia full of spices after a years absence. This led to an increase in overseas trade. -
Dutch East India Company
Wealthy Dutch merchants formed the Dutch East India Company -
Dutch capture Malacca from Portuguese
Dutch captured Malacca from Portuguese and opened trade with China -
Decline of Dutch trading empire
The growing power of England and France contributed to the decline of the Dutch trading empire in the East -
British and France decline
British and France become locked in a bitter struggle for global power -
Britain dominates most of India
Britain had used its great wealth to dominate most of India -
Dutch maintains Empire
Dutch maintained an empire in Indonesia
