The siege of Recife was a battle between Dutch and Portuguese forces near modern-day

Recife Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast R ...

, Brazil, in 1630. In the summer of 1629, the Dutch coveted a newfound interest in obtaining the

captaincy of Pernambuco The Captaincy of Pernambuco or New Lusitania () was a hereditary land grant and administrative subdivision of northern Portuguese Brazil during the colonial period from 1534 to 1821, with a brief interruption from 1630 to 1654 when it was part of D ...

, the largest and richest sugar-producing area in the world. The Dutch fleet of 65 ships was led by Hendrick Corneliszoon Loncq. The

Dutch West India Company The Dutch West India Company () was a Dutch chartered company that was founded in 1621 and went defunct in 1792. Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx (1567–1647), and Jessé de Forest (1576–1624). On 3 June 1621, it was gra ...

gained control of Olinda by 16 February 1630, and Recife (the capital of Pernambuco) and the island of António Vaz (opposite to the town) by 3 March. This began a war over Brazil, which would see the Dutch establish a colony called New Holland and end with the Portuguese regaining their captured possessions.

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*Klein, Herbert S. ''African slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean'' (2007) *Jaques, Tony ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century'' (2006) {{coord missing, Brazil Military history of Brazil 1630 in the Dutch Empire Recife (1630) Recife (1630) Conflicts in 1630 1630s in Brazil 1630 in South America Sieges of the Dutch–Portuguese War Recife Battles of the Dutch–Portuguese War

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