Region: Ghana (formerly Gold Coast, Slave Coast)

1598: the Dutch build forts at Komenda and Kormantsi
1637: the Dutch seize Elmina Castle from the Portuguese
1642: the Dutch seize Axim from the Portuguese
by 1650: more than 30 forts on the Gold Coast built by Dutch (Mouree, etc.), British and Danish merchants: highest concentration of European military architecture outside Europe
1653: Cape Coast Castle built by the Swedish
1872: Elmina is taken by the English
1874: the Dutch withdraw, Gold Coast becomes a British Protectorate
1957: Ghana is independent from the UK