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Updated: 12 Dec 2017
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King Christian IV chartered the
Danish East India
Trading Company in 1616Admiral Gjedde lead to first expedition to what
is now Sri Lanka. The expedition took two years
to complete and once the Danes arrived there,
Portugal had already claimed the land.One the 10th of May 1620, Portugal signed a
treaty with Denmark allowing them to settle at
TrincomaleeAlso in 1620, the Danish decided to land in India,
to which on November 19th, 1620, Raghunatha
Nayak, the ruler of the Tanjore Kingdom, agreed
to let the Danes have control of Tranquebar and
approval to trade in the kingdomDuring 1624-1636, the Danes grew their trading
to towns like Surat, Bengal, Borneo and many
others. The Danish East India Company had a
large amount of tea which was snuck into and
sold in England. (Beginning)Finally, the first Danish company was ruined by
wars over in Europe that destroyed the
company and ended trade between 1643-1669.
(Beginning)by 1627 the Danes were so poor that they only
had three ships left and couldn’t pay the Nayak
people which they had agreed to do in
exchange for their land. This grew tensions.the first Danish company was ruined by
redirection of danish money and national
resources to the Thirty Years’ War over in
Europe that destroyed the company and ended
trade between 1643-1669.In 1642 the Company initiated war on the Mogul
Empire, who controlled most of Europe and
Pakistan, by sending raiding ships to the Bay of
Bengal. Eventually they gained one of the Mogul
emperor's ship took it back to Tranquebar to sell
the goods.Eventually in 1648 the Danish company falls
because of the Dutch gaining more land, Nayak
attacks on the Danish, and bankruptcy.Even though the company fell, there were still
Danish people settled in Tranquebar.
The last Dane that was living in Tranquebar
managed to keep the town in Danish control
against the angry Nayak by using the money
that should’ve been paired to the Nayak and
instead using it to hire Portuguese defenders
and to build a wall around the town. Reports of
this in Denmark led the Danish government to
send a ship back down to Tranquebar. The ship
arrived in 1669.The Danish gained 2 trading outposts: Oddeway
Torre in 1696 and Dannemarksnagore in 1698.
The Nayak also allowed Tranquebar to grow
and include three local villages.On June 9th 1706, Frederick IV, the new king of
Denmark, sent two Protestant missionaries to
India, Heinrich Lutchshau and Bartholomeus
Ziegenbalg.In Denmark, King Christian VI endorses a charter
of a third monopolistic company named the
Asiatic Company on April 12th 1732 to
emphasize trading in Asia.Because of the King’s bill, throughout the 1730’s
Asian and Danish trading becomes more
secure. The Danes mainly acquired cotton
fabrics.In November of 1754, a meeting occurs between
Danish officials, after which they decide to plant
cinnamon, sugarcane, pepper, cotton and
coffee.In December 1755 Danish settlers reached the
Andaman Islands, but shortly after their arrival
came multiple outbreaks of malaria and
because of this the Islands were permanently
abandoned in 1848.
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