Amboyna massacre

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The Amboyna massacre was a 1623 incident in which Dutch authorities executed English East India Company merchants and others on charges of conspiracy, intensifying Anglo-Dutch rivalry in the spice trade.

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Ambon massacre 1
Amboyna massacre canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
judicial killing
mass execution
alsoKnownAs Ambon massacre
linked to: Amboyna massacre
cause alleged conspiracy to seize Fort Victoria
century 17th century
characterizedAs judicial murder by many English contemporaries
lawful punishment by many Dutch contemporaries
colonialPower Dutch Republic
England
commodityContext cloves
country Dutch East Indies
date 1623
economicContext competition for the spice trade in the Moluccas
followedBy diplomatic disputes between England and the Dutch Republic
intensified Anglo-Dutch rivalry
propaganda campaigns in England
historicalDebate legitimacy of Dutch legal procedures
use of torture to obtain confessions
involvedOrganization Dutch East India Company
English East India Company
Tokugawa shogunate subjects
involvedParty Dutch authorities
English merchants
Japanese mercenaries
languageOfName English
legalBasisClaimedByDutch charges of treason and conspiracy
location Ambon
Fort Victoria
linked to: Fort St. Anthony
longTermImpact English withdrawal from some spice islands
deterioration of Anglo-Dutch relations
strengthening of Dutch monopoly in the spice trade
memorializedIn English pamphlet literature
later English histories of the East India Company
methodOfExecution beheading
quartering
numberOfPeopleExecuted 1 Portuguese
10 Englishmen
9 Japanese
partOf Anglo-Dutch Wars background
European colonial expansion in Southeast Asia
precededBy Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry in the spice trade
region Moluccas
linked to: Maluku Islands
usedAsPropagandaBy English East India Company
English politicians
year 1623

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Ambon Island siteOf Amboyna massacre
Amboyna massacre alsoKnownAs Ambon massacre
linked to: Amboyna massacre