| Tranquebar Rebellion | |||||||||
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| Part of the Shipless Times | |||||||||
 The Danish trade station and fortress at Tranquebar, from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Leyel loyalist | Mutineers | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Willem Leyel (
POW)
Claus Rytter Herman Clausen |
Poul Hansen Frantz Erkmand Anders Nielsen | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Christianshavn | Dansborg garrison | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Minor | Majority of Danish officials | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| None | None | ||||||||
The Tranquebar Rebellion ( Danish: Trankebar oprøret) also known as the Tranquebar Mutiny (Danish: Trankebar opstanden) was a bloodless mutiny and uprising against the governor of Tranquebar, Willem Leyel, at Tranquebar in 1648. The mutineers succeeded in arresting Leyel, and he would be replaced by the leader of the rebellion, Paul Hansen Korsør.
Background
In 1639, experienced seafarer, Willem Leyel, was sent to Tranquebar on the order of Christian IV of Denmark to inspect the Danish East India Company's troublesome financial conditions, which had been caused by the current governor, Bernt Pessart. [1] [2] When Leyel arrived at Tranquebar, he would assume the title of overhoved after a brief siege on Fort Dansborg and began administering the Company's finances. [2]
Despite his seemingly positive regime, the inhabitants of Tranquebar were dissatisfied. However, there seems to be no clear explanation to this. [3] It is possible that Leyel's attempt to force acting governor of Tranquebar, Ander Nielsen, to go on a voyage to Makassar finally sparked the revolt. [3]
Rebellion
Aftermath
See also
- Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart – Conflict and Danish civil war in India, between 1643–1645
- 1733 slave insurrection on St. John – Revolt in the Danish West Indies
- 1878 St. Croix labor riot – Uprising in the Danish West Indies
- Ambush near the Bay of Manila – Ambush of Danish and Dutch sailors in the Philippines, 1645
References
- ^ Bredsdorff 2009, p. 24–25.
- ^ a b Sethuraman 2016, p. 474.
- ^ a b Bredsdorff 2009, p. 169.
Works cited
- Bredsdorff, Asta (2009). The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788763530231.
- Wirta, K.H. (2018). Dark horses of business : overseas entrepreneurship in seventeenthcentury Nordic trade in the Indian and Atlantic oceans. Universiteit Leiden.
- Rindom, Jan (1995). Ostindisk Kompagni 1616-50 [East Indian Company 1616-50] (PDF) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Bibliotek.
- Sethuraman, N. (2016). The Danish East India Company From Establishment To The Epilogue (1616 – 1729) - A Historical Perspective. Salem: Tamil Nadu History Congress Proceedings.
| Tranquebar Rebellion | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Shipless Times | |||||||||
|
The Danish trade station and fortress at Tranquebar, from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok. | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||||
|
Leyel loyalist | Mutineers | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
|
Willem Leyel (
POW)
Claus Rytter Herman Clausen |
Poul Hansen Frantz Erkmand Anders Nielsen | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
|
Christianshavn | Dansborg garrison | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Minor | Majority of Danish officials | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| None | None | ||||||||
The Tranquebar Rebellion ( Danish: Trankebar oprøret) also known as the Tranquebar Mutiny (Danish: Trankebar opstanden) was a bloodless mutiny and uprising against the governor of Tranquebar, Willem Leyel, at Tranquebar in 1648. The mutineers succeeded in arresting Leyel, and he would be replaced by the leader of the rebellion, Paul Hansen Korsør.
Background
In 1639, experienced seafarer, Willem Leyel, was sent to Tranquebar on the order of Christian IV of Denmark to inspect the Danish East India Company's troublesome financial conditions, which had been caused by the current governor, Bernt Pessart. [1] [2] When Leyel arrived at Tranquebar, he would assume the title of overhoved after a brief siege on Fort Dansborg and began administering the Company's finances. [2]
Despite his seemingly positive regime, the inhabitants of Tranquebar were dissatisfied. However, there seems to be no clear explanation to this. [3] It is possible that Leyel's attempt to force acting governor of Tranquebar, Ander Nielsen, to go on a voyage to Makassar finally sparked the revolt. [3]
Rebellion
Aftermath
See also
- Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart – Conflict and Danish civil war in India, between 1643–1645
- 1733 slave insurrection on St. John – Revolt in the Danish West Indies
- 1878 St. Croix labor riot – Uprising in the Danish West Indies
- Ambush near the Bay of Manila – Ambush of Danish and Dutch sailors in the Philippines, 1645
References
- ^ Bredsdorff 2009, p. 24–25.
- ^ a b Sethuraman 2016, p. 474.
- ^ a b Bredsdorff 2009, p. 169.
Works cited
- Bredsdorff, Asta (2009). The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 9788763530231.
- Wirta, K.H. (2018). Dark horses of business : overseas entrepreneurship in seventeenthcentury Nordic trade in the Indian and Atlantic oceans. Universiteit Leiden.
- Rindom, Jan (1995). Ostindisk Kompagni 1616-50 [East Indian Company 1616-50] (PDF) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Bibliotek.
- Sethuraman, N. (2016). The Danish East India Company From Establishment To The Epilogue (1616 – 1729) - A Historical Perspective. Salem: Tamil Nadu History Congress Proceedings.