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    The Recapture of Recife (or Second Siege of Recife) was a military engagement between the Portuguese forces under Francisco Barreto de Meneses and the...
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  • The following is an incomplete list of wars involving Portugal. Military history of Portugal Unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin. See...
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    The recapture of Bahia (Spanish: Jornada del Brasil; Portuguese: Jornada dos Vassalos) was a Spanish–Portuguese military expedition in 1625 to retake the...
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    Bueno River. January 26 – Portugal recaptures the South American city of Recife from the Netherlands after a siege of more than two years during the Dutch-Portuguese...
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    interior by 1648, they were not expelled from Mauritsstade (Recife) until 1654. The initial leaders of the Portuguese were Andre Vidal de Negreiros and João...
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  • Groot Desseyn (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from May 2015)
    effectively ended Dutch involvement in Brazil. Between 1652 and 1654, the Dutch tried to recapture Recife, to no avail. The Groot Desseyn had failed. Dutch–Portuguese...
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    expeditionary force at the First Battle of Guararapes, fought outside Recife. The Dutch forces, led by Colonel Brinck, left Recife on February 17, 1649, and fought...
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  • The Recapture of Angola, or Reconquest of Angola, was a military campaign fought between the Portuguese and the Dutch occupiers of Angola. Its most important...
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  • Recapture of Recife (16521654) – 16521654 – Dutch–Portuguese War Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1710) – 1710 – War of the Spanish Succession Battle of...
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    With plenty of resources to pay for their military expenditure, the Dutch successfully captured Recife and Olinda, the core region of Brazilian sugar...
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