Siege of Fort Zeelandia

Siege of Fort Zeelandia
Part of the Sino-Dutch conflicts
Surrender of Fort Zeelandia in Formosa to the Ming loyalists, 1662 by Johannes van Baden
Date March 30, 1661 – February 1, 1662 Location Fort Zeelandia, Tainan, Formosa (modern Taiwan) 23°00′06″N 120°09′39″E / 23.00167°N 120.16083°E / 23.00167; 120.16083 Result Ming loyalists victory Establishment of the Kingdom of Tungning
Belligerents
Ming loyalists	East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Koxinga Liu Guoxuan Ma Xin Chen Ze	Frederick Coyett  Jacob Valentine Thomas Padel Hans Jurgen Radis Philip Meij Jacob Cauw
Strength
25,000, of whom 6,000 advanced on the fort[1] 400 Junks	905 soldiers (Zeelandia)[2] 140 soldiers (Provintia)[3] 3 ships (Zeelandia)[4] 12 ships (relief) with 700 sailors[5][6][7]
Casualties and losses
12,500 deserted or dead, mostly from disease,[8] including more than 2,200 killed by natives[9]	1,600 killed or died of disease Zeelandia: 1 warship sunk[10] Relief: 1 warship sunk, 2 ships abandoned, 3 ships captured[11][12]
class=notpageimage| Location within Taiwan

The siege of Fort Zeelandia (Chinese: 熱蘭遮城包圍戰; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jia̍t-lân-jia Siâⁿ Pau-ûi-chiàn) of 1661–1662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island.