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| 1642 |
| | | The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman attempts to land in Golden Bay, New Zealand, resulting in a clash with the Maoris | |
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| 1647 |
| | | Peter Stuyvesant begins a 17-year spell as director-general of the Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America | |
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| 1650 |
| | | To protect their market, the Dutch destroy all clove trees in the Moluccas except on two islands, Amboina and Ternate | |
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| 1652 |
| | | Jan van Riebeeck establishes a Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope | |
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| 1656 |
| | | After a six-month siege, the Dutch capture Colombo from the Portuguese in Sri Lanka | |
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| 1657 |
| | | The Dutch in South Africa purchase slaves to do domestic and agricultural work | |
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| 1658 |
| | | The Dutch expel the Portuguese from the last of their trading posts in Sri Lanka | |
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| 1664 |
| | | Peter Stuyvesant accepts the reality of the military situation and yields New Amsterdam to the British without a shot being fired | |
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| 1666 |
| | | New Amsterdam is renamed New York by the recently established English regime | |
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| 1667 |
| | | In the treaty of Breda, England keeps New Amsterdam and New Netherland, and Holland keeps the English-held territory of Surinam | |
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