Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont founded Fort Orleans, the first European fort on the Missouri River.

The earliest European forts and settlements were established by traders beginning in the 1680s.

In September 1658 a large part of the Amabi population fled to Kupang in order to escape their enemies, and were permitted by the Dutch to settle close to the European fort.

They discovered remains of a European fort and uncovered a grave that contained the remains of both an adult European male and a Native American child.

Fort Belgica, one of many forts built by the Dutch East India Company, is one of the largest remaining European forts in Indonesia.

These invasions, though not decisive, disrupted trade in such products as gold, timber, and palm oil, and threatened the security of the European forts.

Thus the first European fort is built in India by 1505 called Fort Manuel or Manuel Kotta.

It was built by the Portuguese in 1503 and is the oldest existing European fort in India.

In 1723, he established Fort Orleans, the first European fort on the Missouri River, near the mouth of the Grand River and present-day Brunswick, Missouri.

It was occupied 1723-1726 as the first multi-year European fort and settlement in present-day Missouri.