Dutch Malacca (mys)

Dutch Malacca

Dutch Malacca ranks 18,717th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Černošice, Vyartsilya, and Nules. The most famous people from Dutch Malacca are Abdullah Abdul Kadir. Dutch Malacca has been the birth place of many writers. Dutch Malacca is located in Malaysia.

Dutch Malacca (1641–1825) was the longest period that Malacca was under foreign control. The Dutch ruled for almost 183 years with intermittent British occupation during the French Revolutionary and later the Napoleonic Wars (1795–1815). This era saw relative peace with little serious interruption from the Malay sultanates due to the understanding forged between the Dutch and the Sultanate of Johor in 1606. This period also marked the decline of Malacca's importance. The Dutch preferred Batavia as their economic and administrative centre in the region and their hold in Malacca was to prevent the loss of the city to other European powers and, subsequently, the competition that would come with it. Thus, in the 17th century, with Malacca ceasing to be an important port, the Johor Sultanate became the dominant local power in the region due to the opening of its ports and the alliance with the Dutch. Read more on Wikipedia