Komenda Wars
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The Komenda Wars were a series of wars from 1694 until 1700 largely between the Dutch West India Company and the English Royal African Company in the Eguafo Kingdom in the present day state of Ghana, over trade rights. The Dutch were trying to keep the English out of the region to maintain a trade monopoly, while the English were attempting to re-establish a fort in the city of Komenda. The fighting included forces of the Dutch West India Company, the Royal African Company, the Eguafo Kingdom, a prince of the kingdom attempting to rise to the throne, the forces of a powerful merchant named John Cabess, other Akan tribes and kingdoms like Twifo and Denkyira. There were four separate periods of warfare, including a civil war in the Eguafo Kingdom, and the wars ended with the English placing Takyi Kuma into power in Eguafo. Because of the rapidly shifting alliances between European and African powers, historian John Thornton has found that "there is no finer example of [the] complicated combination of European rivalry merging with African rivalry than the Komenda Wars."
1694 — 1700
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Dutch West India Company, Royal African Company, John Cabess,
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Location: 5.0517, -1.4835, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1625 | Battle of Elmina | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1637 | Battle of Elmina | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1658 | Capture of Carolusborg | battle, Dutch Gold Coast, Swedish Empire, Denmark–Norway | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1781 | Battle of Elmina | Kingdom of Great Britain, Dutch Republic, battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1694 | Komenda Wars | Dutch West India Company, Royal African Company, John Cabess, series of wars | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1482 | Elmina Castle | cultural heritage, factory, castle, fort | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1652 | Fort Coenraadsburg | fort, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Beekestein | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Carolusburg | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort De Veer | destroyed building or structure, redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Java | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort McCarthy (historical) | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Orange | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Royal | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Victoria | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Victoria | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort William | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1590 | Fort São Sebastião de Xama | fort, factory | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1682 | Fort Vredenburgh | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1690 | Fort Orange | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1753 | Fort William | fort | Wikidata |