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under the leadership of Ove Gjedde, and French privateers, which took place on 19 February 1619, during the first Danish expedition to India. Two French...

Ove Gjedde (27 December 1594 – 19 December 1660) was a Danish nobleman and Admiral of the Realm (Danish: Rigsadmiral). He established the Danish colony...

couple of months before the rest of the Danish expedition to prepare for the arrival of admiral Ove Gjedde. Crappé arrived with Øresund on the shores of...

Kringen (1612) 1611-1613 Denmark remains the dominant Nordic power Ove Gjedde expedition Action of 19 February 1619 Establishment of Tharangambadi (1620)...

King Christian IV and focused on trade with India. The first expedition, under Admiral Gjedde, took two years to reach Ceylon, losing more than half their...

of Ove Gjedde, to Ceylon on the purpose of establishing the promised terms in the treaty. Contract documents On 18 May 1620 the Danish expedition reached...

Tranquebar (Trankebar) on India's southern coast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. After 1814, when Norway was ceded...

of Tranquebar was acquired for the Danish Crown, by the Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde, by signing an agreement with the Raghunatha Nayak of the Tanjore Nayak...

countrymen, but it convinced the Danish King. The first expedition set sail in 1618 under Admiral Ove Gjedde, taking two years to reach Ceylon and losing more...

year 1620 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian IV 10 May – an expedition led by Admiral Ove Gjedde arrives in Ceylon 19 November – a treaty is signed with the...

newly established Danish East India Company sent an expedition under the leadership of Ove Gjedde to Ceylon, with the intention of securing the Danish...

five vessels and 300 soldiers, led by Ove Gjedde, to Ceylon to fulfill the terms of the treaty. Along with Gjedde, Dutchman and experienced seafarer, Roland...

land district, Perumal Naik. Established in 1620 after a treaty between Ove Gjedde and Raghunatha Nayak, Fort Dansborg was the capital and center of commerce...

Ove Gjedde was sent to India to establish a monopol on Ceylon. Senerat did no longer desire the Danish monopol when Gjedde arrived. Instead Gjedde succeeded...

Dutch trading company Bahadur Shah I – Mughal emperor from 1707 to 1712 Ove Gjedde – Danish nobleman and Admiral of the Realm Cattle War – Conflict between...

patronized and supported the Dutch to neutralize the belligerent Portuguese. Ove Gjedde of the Danish East India Company founded the settlement of Tranquebar...

Events from the year 1619 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian IV 19 February – Ove Gjedde captures two French privateers off Cape Verde. 6 April – A royal decree...

month before the departure of the expedition, Munk was relegated and replaced by the much younger nobleman Ove Gjedde. The reason for the relegation is...

in Danish servicePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Ove Gjedde – Danish nobleman and Admiral of the Realm Asiatic Company – Defunct Danish...

1618, Christian appointed Admiral Ove Gjedde to lead an expedition and establish a Danish colony in Ceylon. The expedition set sail in 1618, taking two years...