User:Taiwantaffy/Dutch Formosa/Timeline of the history of Dutch Formosa

Dutch Formosa was a colonial state in existence from 1624 to 1662 on the island of Taiwan. It was the first organised government the island had seen, and ushered in an era of agricultural and economic development. The Dutch also encouraged large-scale immigration by Han Chinese settlers from Fujian, meaning that the island went from predominantly aborigine at the start of the 17th century to majority Chinese at the end of the century.