Battle of Macau

Battle of Macau
	Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War and Eighty Years War
	; Dutch ships firing their cannons in the waters of Macau, drawn in 1665
Date	22–24 June 1622
Location	Macau
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Dutch East India Company	Portuguese Empire; Spanish Empire;
Commanders and leaders
Cornelis Reijersen; Hans Ruffijn †;	Lopo Sarmento de Carvalho
Strength
800; 13 ships;	~150; Unknown number of black slaves;
Casualties and losses
300+ killed (136 Dutch); 126 wounded; 4 ships sunk;	6 Iberians killed (4 Portuguese and 2 Castillians); ~20 wounded; Small number of black slaves killed;

The Battle of Macau in 1622 was a conflict of the Dutch–Portuguese War fought in the Portuguese settlement of Macau, in southeastern China. The Portuguese, outnumbered and without adequate fortification, managed to repel the Dutch in a much-celebrated victory on 24 June after a three-day battle. The battle is the only major engagement that was fought primarily between two European powers on the Chinese mainland.^[1]

^ Boxer, C. R., Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. Martinus Nijhoff (The Hague), 1948. p. 86

[1] Boxer, C. R., Fidalgos in the Far East, 1550–1770. Martinus Nijhoff (The Hague), 1948. p. 86

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