Battles of Guararapes
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The Battles of Guararapes were two decisive 17th-century engagements in northeastern Brazil in which Portuguese and Brazilian forces defeated the Dutch, marking a turning point in the struggle for control of the region.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battles of Guararapes canonical | 4 |
| First Battle of Guararapes | 3 |
| Second Battle of Guararapes | 3 |
| Batalhas dos Guararapes | 1 |
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Target entity: Battles of Guararapes Context triple: [Luso-Dutch War in Brazil, notableEvent, Battles of Guararapes]
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Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas was an early engagement of the Spanish–American War in Cuba, where U.S. and Cuban forces clashed with Spanish troops shortly before the more famous assaults on San Juan Heights.
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Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
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Battle of Montes Claros
The Battle of Montes Claros was a decisive 1665 clash in which Portuguese forces defeated Spain, effectively securing Portugal’s independence in the final phase of the Portuguese Restoration War.
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Battle of Puerto Bolívar
The Battle of Puerto Bolívar was a key 1941 naval and coastal engagement between Ecuador and Peru that helped secure Peruvian control over strategic territory during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.
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E.
Battle of Cotagaita
The Battle of Cotagaita was an early engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which revolutionary forces unsuccessfully attacked royalist positions in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia).
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battles of Guararapes Target entity description: The Battles of Guararapes were two decisive 17th-century engagements in northeastern Brazil in which Portuguese and Brazilian forces defeated the Dutch, marking a turning point in the struggle for control of the region.
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A.
Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas was an early engagement of the Spanish–American War in Cuba, where U.S. and Cuban forces clashed with Spanish troops shortly before the more famous assaults on San Juan Heights.
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B.
Battle of Puerto Cabello
The Battle of Puerto Cabello was an 18th-century naval and amphibious engagement in which British forces unsuccessfully attempted to seize the Spanish colonial port of Puerto Cabello in present-day Venezuela.
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C.
Battle of Montes Claros
The Battle of Montes Claros was a decisive 1665 clash in which Portuguese forces defeated Spain, effectively securing Portugal’s independence in the final phase of the Portuguese Restoration War.
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D.
Battle of Puerto Bolívar
The Battle of Puerto Bolívar was a key 1941 naval and coastal engagement between Ecuador and Peru that helped secure Peruvian control over strategic territory during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.
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E.
Battle of Cotagaita
The Battle of Cotagaita was an early engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which revolutionary forces unsuccessfully attacked royalist positions in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ |
| aftermath |
consolidation of Portuguese control over Pernambuco
ⓘ
gradual Dutch withdrawal from Brazil ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Batalhas dos Guararapes
ⓘ
linked to:
Battles of Guararapes
|
| belligerent |
Dutch West India Company
ⓘ
Dutch forces ⓘ Luso-Brazilian forces ⓘ Portuguese forces ⓘ |
| combatant |
Afro-Brazilian soldiers
ⓘ
Indigenous Brazilian allies ⓘ Portuguese colonists ⓘ |
| commander |
André Vidal de Negreiros
ⓘ
Felipe Camarão ⓘ Francisco Barreto de Meneses ⓘ Henrique Dias ⓘ João Fernandes Vieira ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Brazilian Army Day ⓘ |
| conflict |
Luso-Dutch struggle for Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Luso-Dutch War in Brazil
|
| country |
Colonial Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Portuguese America
|
| countryAtTime | Portuguese Empire ⓘ |
| date |
19 April 1648
ⓘ
19 February 1649 ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
First Battle of Guararapes
ⓘ
linked to:
Battles of Guararapes
Second Battle of Guararapes ⓘ
linked to:
Battles of Guararapes
|
| languageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| location |
Guararapes Hills
ⓘ
linked to:
Serra da Barriga
Northeastern Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Northeast Region of Brazil
Pernambuco ⓘ near Recife ⓘ |
| memorial | Guararapes National Historical Park ⓘ |
| militaryTactic | use of local terrain and guerrilla-style tactics ⓘ |
| opponentCountryAtTime | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Arent von Dorth
ⓘ
Sigismund von Schoppe ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dutch Brazil
ⓘ
Pernambuco Insurrection ⓘ
linked to:
Pernambucan Insurrection
Recife ⓘ |
| result |
Defeat of Dutch forces in northeastern Brazil
ⓘ
Portuguese victory ⓘ |
| significance |
beginning of the end of Dutch Brazil
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symbolic origin of the Brazilian Army ⓘ turning point in the struggle for control of northeastern Brazil ⓘ |
| theater | Atlantic colonial theater of the Dutch–Portuguese War ⓘ |
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Subject: Battles of Guararapes Description of subject: The Battles of Guararapes were two decisive 17th-century engagements in northeastern Brazil in which Portuguese and Brazilian forces defeated the Dutch, marking a turning point in the struggle for control of the region.
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