The end of colonial rule Frederick Coyett, the last Dutch governor, took up his post in 1656. In March of 1661 the Ming dynasty general Cheng Cheng-kung laid siege to Fort Zeelandia. Though the Dutch held out until February of the following year, unable to hold off Cheng's forces, the bastion surrendered.
荷蘭最後一位駐台太守奎易，在一六五六年到任，一六六一年三月鄭成功大軍壓境，奎易撐到次年二月一日，敵不過鄭軍攻勢，開城投降。