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