- Dutch-Venezuela War
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Dutch-Venezuela War Date 26 November 1908 - 23 December 1908 [1] Location Venezuela Result Dutch victory Belligerents 
Venezuela
Netherlands- Malacca (1606)
- Macau (1622)
- Gold Coast (1625)
- Cuba (1628)
- Brazil (1630–1654)
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- Lamey Island (1636)
- Gold Coast (1637)
- Malacca (1641)
- Angola (1641–1648)
- New Netherland (1643–1645)
- Philipines (1646)
- Taiwan (1652)
- New Netherland (1659–1663)
- Taiwan (1661–1662)
- India (1739–1741)
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- Ceylon (1782)
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- Cape Colony (1795)
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- Java (1810–1811)
- Algiers (1816)
- Palembang (1819)
- Palembang (1821)
- Sumatra (1821–1837)
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- Bali (1849)
- Borneo (1859–1863)
- Japan (1863–1864)
- Aceh (1873–1913)
- Lombok and Karangasem (1894)
- Bali (1906)
- Venezuela (1908)
- Indonesia (1941–1942)
- Indonesia (1945–1949)
In 1908 a dispute broke out between the Netherlands and Cipriano Castro's Venezuela on the grounds of the harbouring of refugees in Curaçao. Venezuela expelled the Dutch ambassador, prompting a Dutch dispatch of three warships - a battleship, the Jacob van Heemskerk, and two cruisers, the Gelderland and the Friesland. On December 12, the Gelderland captured the Venezuelan coast guardship Alix off Puerto Cabello.[2] With their overwhelming naval superiority, the Dutch enforced a blockade on Venezuela's ports. A few days later, General Castro left for Berlin, nominally for a surgical operation. In his absence, an uprising in Caracas overthrew his regime. This effectively ended the war with the Netherlands.
References
- ^ Politieke geschiedenis: Bijna-oorlog met Venezuela.
- ^ New York Times, 14 December 1908, Dutch at war with Venezuela
Categories:- Battles involving the Netherlands
- Battles involving Venezuela
- 1908 in international relations
- 1908 in the Netherlands
- 1908 in Venezuela
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