Pieter van der Does's Dutch fleet lays siege to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

1599-06 · Gran Canaria

Pieter van der Does's Dutch fleet lays siege to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Colonial PeriodGran CanariaPolitics

Historical Figures

Jesús González ArencibiaYolanda Graziani RosaPtazeta

Pieter van der Does's fleet reached Las Isletas Bay on 25 June 1599. After a two-day siege, Dutch troops entered Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, but island resistance forced them to withdraw on 8 July, leaving the city devastated.

Sources

  • Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, El Museo Castillo de Mata rememora la batalla por el control de la ciudad en 1599 (2017)[↗]