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Dutch Invasion of Surinam 1667
Invasion of Surinam (1667)
Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Date25-27 February 1667.
LocationSuriname
Result

Dutch Victory

  • Surinam Captured
  • English pay 100,000 Pounds of Sugar to the Dutch
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic England England
Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Abraham Crijnssen England William Byam
Strength
7 Ships 200 english man
great number of black slaves
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown
Second Anglo-Dutch War
Europe
Caribbean, North America
Africa

The Invasion of Surinam was a Dutch attempt to capture the English held colony of Surinam in February 1667. The Dutch under the command of Abraham Crijnssen captured the colony without much resistance.

Background

Following the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch deployed a force under Admiral Abraham Crijnssen to capture Surinam. Crijnssen's force arrived at the mouth of the Suriname River on 25 February 1667.

Invasion

When he arrived he started bombarding Surinam. After a while William Byam, surrendered after a brief skirmish. Following the surrender, the English colonists in the region were required to pay a sum of 100,000 pounds of sugar as a form of ransom. Subsequently, they were given the choice of leaving or pledging their allegiance to the States of Zealand, a Dutch province. The majority of the English colonists opted to swear allegiance to the Dutch authorities.

Many of the English colonists had grown weary of the stringent rule imposed by the English, and Abraham Crijnssen, offered a different approach. He assured them that his intention was not to destroy but to rebuild. As part of his efforts, Crijnssen renamed the town of Paramaribo as Nieuw-Middelburg and Fort Willoughby as Fort Zeelandia.

To transport the significant amount of sugar collected as part of the ransom, Crijnssen arranged for it to be shipped to Zealand using the vessel Aardenburg.

References

  1. Cruttwell, Clement (1808). The New Universal Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary.
  2. Lambert, Andrew (2010). "Pepys's Navy Ships, Men & Warfare, 1649-1689". The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 39 (1): 217–218. Bibcode:2010IJNAr..39..217L. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2009.00260_17.x. S2CID 163107436.
  3. "Suriname Brief History".
  4. Rommelse, Gijs (2006). The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667) Raison D'état, Mercantilism and Maritime Strife. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 183. ISBN 9065509070.
  5. "De verovering van Suriname door Abraham Crijnssen (1667)" (PDF). p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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