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The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
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Koxinga
17th-century Chinese military leader and founder of the Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan
Zheng Chenggong, born Zheng Sen (鄭森) and better known internationally by his honorific title Koxinga, was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan, founding the Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Taiwan
Country in East Asia
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of Fort Zeelandia
1661–62 Ming victory in Taiwan over the Dutch
The siege of Fort Zeelandia of 1661–1662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 1
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