1589 Combined English and Dutch expedition to “restore” Antonio, wins successes, but retreats.
1594 Gabriel Espinosa, a third false Sebastian, executed. Philip closes the Portuguese harbours to the Dutch.
1596 The English sack Faro and Fort Arguin and ravage the Azores.
1597 The Dutch build a factory in Java and occupy other East Indian possessions.
1598 Philip II (III of Spain) king.
Seventeenth Century
1603 Tullio, a fourth false Sebastian, captured.
1605 The Dutch take Amboyna and expel the Portuguese from the Moluccas.
1615 The Portuguese defeat the king of Achin in Malacca.
1621 Philip III (IV of Spain).