User:Mhatopzz/Spanish colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago

User:Mhatopzz/Spanish colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago

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|empire = [[Spanish Empire]]
|empire = [[Spanish Empire]]
|government_type = Monarchy
|government_type = Monarchy
|event_start = Spanish conquest
|event_start = [[Spanish conquest of the Moluccas|Spanish conquest]]
|date_start = 15 March–1 April
|date_start = 15 March–1 April
|year_start = 1606
|year_start = 1606
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|year_representative2 = 1663
|year_representative2 = 1663
}}
}}

{{Infobox historical era
| name = Spanish colonization era
| location = [[Malay Archipelago]], [[East Indies]]
| start = 1521
| end = 1663
| image = Tidore in 1601.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Spanish and Dutch ships engaged in a fight in the town of [[Tidore]], 1601.
| before = [[Portuguese colonialism in Indonesian history|Portuguese colonization era]]
| after = [[Dutch East India Company in the Malay Archipelago|Dutch East India Company]]
|including = [[Portuguese–Ternate wars]]
[[Treaty of Zaragoza]]
| key_events = [[Age of Discovery]]
}}


The '''Spanish Empire occupied numerous forts in the Maluku Islands''' from 1606 to 1663 to dominate the spice trade as well as securing the Iberian presence in the region from the growing influence of the [[Dutch East India Company]].
The '''Spanish Empire occupied numerous forts in the Maluku Islands''' from 1606 to 1663 to dominate the spice trade as well as securing the Iberian presence in the region from the growing influence of the [[Dutch East India Company]].