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In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan and established a dynasty, the House of Koxinga, which ruled part of the island as the Kingdom of Tungning from 1661 to 1683.
1662Feb, 1
The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
The siege of Fort Zeelandia of 16611662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island.
![Siege of Fort Zeelandia]()
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Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (國姓爺; Kok-sìng-iâ) or Cheng Ch'eng-kung, was a Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast.
In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan and established a dynasty, the House of Koxinga, which ruled part of the island as the Kingdom of Tungning from 1661 to 1683.
In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan and established a dynasty, the House of Koxinga, which ruled part of the island as the Kingdom of Tungning from 1661 to 1683.