Attack on Saint Martin

The Attack on Saint Martin was a failed attempt by the Dutch Republic to recapture the island and former base of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) from the Spanish. In 1633 the Spanish had invaded Saint-Martin and Anguilla, driving off the French and Dutch inhabitants. The French and Dutch banded together to repel the Spanish and it was during a 1644 sea battle that the Dutch commander Peter Stuyvesant, later the governor of New Amsterdam, unsuccessfully besieged Fort Amsterdam and was forced to retreat with the loss of hundreds of men. A stray Spanish cannonball shattered his leg, which had to be amputated. But luck was on the Dutch side, and when the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands ended, the Spanish no longer needed a Caribbean base and just sailed away in 1648.

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1644  Wikidata
naval battle, Hispanic Monarchy, Dutch Republic, 

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1644 Attack on Saint Martin

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1633 Capture of Saint Martin

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1745 Battle of Anguilla

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1810 Saint-Barthélemy Mutiny

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	2010	Sint Maarten	country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, island country, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1633	Capture of Saint Martin	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, military expedition	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Attack on Saint Martin	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1745	Battle of Anguilla	Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1810	Saint-Barthélemy Mutiny	mutiny	Wikidata
link	page		Three Decks page@		Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Amsterdam	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Gelderland	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Karl	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Oscar	fort, military base	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Willem I	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort zonder naam Angullia	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Swedish battery of Fort Gustav III	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1789	Fort Louis	fort	Wikidata