Sir Henry Middleton: Expansion in the East Indies

Sir Henry Middleton: Expansion in the East Indies

Henry Middleton

Expanded the trade interests of the English East India Company in Java, the Moluccas, and India while competing with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Portuguese forces. His younger brothers, John Middleton and David Middleton, were also involved in voyages of the East India Company.

Timeline

Category
Element
Year Henry Middleton
1585
Anglo-Spanish War (Period: 1625–1630, Location: England, Spain, Low Countries, Atlantic Ocean, etc.)
1601
Portuguese-Dutch War (Period: 1601–1663, Location: Indian Ocean, India, Southeast Asia, etc.)
Participation in the First Voyage of the East India Company (Period: 1601–1603, Location: Aceh, Sumatra, Priaman, Indian Ocean, etc.)
1602
Spice Purchasing in Priaman (Period: 1602–1603, Location: Priaman (Present-day Pariaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia))
1604
Anglo-Dutch Spice Trade Competition and Early Maritime Confrontations (Period: After 1604, Location: Moluccas, Banda Islands, Ambon Island, Java Island, etc.)
Command of the Second Voyage of the East India Company (Period: 1604–1606, Location: Banten, Ambon, Banda Islands, Ternate, Tidore, etc.)
1605
Dutch Interference with Trade on Ambon Island (Period: 1605, Location: Ambon Island (Present-day Maluku, Indonesia))
Portuguese-Dutch Rivalry over Tidore and Ternate Islands (Period: 1605, Location: Tidore Island, Ternate Island (Present-day North Maluku, Indonesia))
1606
Conferment of Knighthood (Henry Middleton, Period: May 25, 1606, Location: Greenwich (England))
1610
Command of the Sixth Voyage of the East India Company (Henry Middleton, Period: 1610–1613, Location: Aden, Mocha, Surat, Java, etc.)
Escape from Mocha (Henry Middleton, Period: Late 1610–1611, Location: Mocha (Present-day Yemen))
Port Call at Aden (Henry Middleton, Period: November 1610, Location: Aden (Present-day Yemen))
Raid and Detention Incident in Mocha (Henry Middleton, Period: November 28, 1610, Location: Mocha (Present-day Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen))
1611
Failure of the Surat Trade Plan (Henry Middleton, Period: 1611–1613, Location: Surat (Present-day Surat, Gujarat, India))
1613
Return to Banten, Java (Henry Middleton, Period: 1613, Location: Banten (Present-day Banten Province, Indonesia))
Death of Henry Middleton (Period: May 24, 1613)
Unknown
Birth of Henry Middleton (Period: Unknown (thought to be born in the second half of the 16th century), Location: Thought to be Chester (England, modern Cheshire, UK))

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East India Company James Lancaster John Davis William Keeling Henry Middleton Thomas Best Thomas Roe Josiah Child Gerald Aungier Job Charnock
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