Battle of Penfui

The Battle of Penfui took place on 9 November 1749 in the hillside of Penfui, near modern Kupang. A large Topass army was defeated by a numerically inferior Dutch East India Company force following the withdrawal of the former's Timorese allies from the battlefield, resulting in the death of the Topass leader Gaspar da Costa. Following the battle, both Topass and Portuguese influence on Timor declined, eventually leading to the formation of a boundary between Dutch and Portuguese Timor which precipitated into the modern border between West Timor and East Timor.

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Location: -10.1642, 123.6624, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1749 Battle of Penfui

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1942 — 1943 Battle of Timor

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1942 Japanese invasion of the Lesser Sunda Islands

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1749	Battle of Penfui	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1942	Battle of Timor	Australia, Kingdom of the Netherlands, battle, Empire of Japan	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1942	Japanese invasion of the Lesser Sunda Islands	invasion	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Concordia	fort, fortification	Wikidata