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Portuguese Recapture of Bahia (1625)
After the Dutch West India Company captured Salvador, capital of Bahia, Brazil, in 1624, a combined Spanish–Portuguese fleet launched a counterattack…
Timeline
- 1624Salvador · BahiaA Dutch West India Company fleet captured Salvador, capital of Bahia, Brazil, in May 1624, controlling the local sugar trade and port and dealing a major blow to Portugal's colonial system in the Americas.
- 1624–1625Atlantic Ocean (Iberia–Brazil route) · Atlantic OceanSpain and Portugal organized a combined fleet on the Iberian Peninsula, commanded by Don Fadrique de Toledo, setting out from Lisbon and elsewhere with the objective of recapturing Bahia from the Dutch.
- 1625Salvador · BahiaThe combined fleet launched an assault around April 1, 1625; the Dutch garrison surrendered, Salvador returned to Portuguese–Spanish control, and the recapture of Bahia was complete.
Sources
- Boxer, C.R. Salvador de Sá and the Struggle for Brazil and Angola, 1602-1686 — C.R. Boxer (1952)
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Bahia, capture and recapture https://www.britannica.com/place/Bahia-state-Brazil