Action of 12–17 January 1640

The action of 12–17 January 1640 was a naval battle between a Dutch fleet and a combined Spanish-Portuguese fleet during the Eighty Years' War. The battle took place on the Brazilian coast off Pernambuco and was an attempt by a fleet consisting of approximately eighty vessels transporting about 5,000 soldiers under the command of Portuguese Admiral Fernando de Mascarenhas to land reinforcements to bolster the Portuguese militia besieging the city of Recife. On 12 January this fleet was intercepted by a Dutch task force of about forty ships commanded by Willem Loos. The ensuing battle lasted with occasional breaks until the evening of 17 January, when the Spanish and Portuguese fleet retreated and sailed away to the north.

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1640  Wikimedia, Wikidata
naval battle, Iberian Union, Dutch West India Company, Brazil, 

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1640 Action of 12–17 January 1640

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1646 Battle of Tejucupapo

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Primu Praelium Navale Inter I. Tamarican et Go Ianam XII lanuar, da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica

Quartum Praelium Coniovian Inter et Fluvium Rio Grande XVII lan, da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1640	Action of 12–17 January 1640	Iberian Union, Dutch West India Company, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1646	Battle of Tejucupapo	Kingdom of Portugal, battle, Dutch West India Company	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Goiana	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Noorderfort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceicao	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Orange	fort, cultural heritage	Wikidata
site	fort		Fortim da Ponta de Catuama	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Presídio de Goiana	presidio	Wikidata
site	fort		Reduto de Tejucupapo	redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort		Reduto dos Marcos	redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort	1745	Fortress of Our Lady of Pleasures of Pau Amarelo	fort, cultural heritage	Wikidata
commons	image		Primu Praelium Navale Inter I. Tamarican et Go Ianam XII lanuar, da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica		Commons
commons	image		Quartum Praelium Coniovian Inter et Fluvium Rio Grande XVII lan, da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica		Commons