Its most important episode was the siege imposed Imposing_obligation by the Portuguese on the far larger Dutch garrison of Luanda .

In 1641 Johan Maurits sent Sending an expedition under Admiral Cornelis Jol from Recife in Dutch Brazil to seize Conquering the Angolan capital of Luanda .

The Dutch were able to easily capture Conquering Luanda in August as the Portuguese forces were occupied Control inland in a campaign against the Kingdom of Kongo .

The two countries fought Hostile_encounter to a stalemate over Angola , until in 1648 the governor of Rio de Janeiro and Angola , Salvador de Sá , reached Arriving Luanda and finding Know the city defended by 1200 Dutch troops , besieged Besieging them and regained Getting it for Portugal exactly seven years after its loss .

When a Dutch force of 300 soldiers returned Arriving from the interior to help Assistance their garrison of Luanda , they also surrendered Surrendering to the Portuguese , but their allied warriors of the Queen Ndjinga fought Hostile_encounter a battle against the Portuguese and were defeated Conquering as well .

The quake Catastrophe was centred Surrounding roughly below Lake Tanganyika and – in addition to the DRC , where the most widespread damage Damaging has been reported Reporting – it was felt Change_sentiment in Burundi , Tanzania , Rwanda , and as far away as Mombasa , Kenya , and Luanda , Angola .

In 1641 the Dutch captured Conquering Luanda from the Portuguese .

On August 25 , 1641 the Dutch landed Arriving 2,145 troops on near Luanda under the command of Cornelis Jol .