1629 ⟶ Aceh Sultanate's Failed Siege of Portuguese Malacca
Iskandar Muda of Aceh Sultanate launched a failed attempt to...
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🚢 Portuguese Attempt to Capture Malacca Fails
The Portuguese king sends Diogo Lopes de Sequeira to find Malacca, the eastern terminus of Asian trade. After initially receiving Sequeira, Sultan Mahmud Shah captures and/or kills several of his men and attempts an assault on the four Portuguese ships, which escape. The Javanese fleet is also destroyed in Malacca.⟶
Portuguese EmpireTrade RoutesExplorationAge of ExplorationMaritime ConflictColonialismTradeNaval Warfare
Portugal
Malaysia
Indonesia🚢 Portuguese Expedition Reasserts Control in Malacca
The Portuguese send a major (and last) expeditionary force from Malacca which succeeded in reimposing a degree of Portuguese control.⟶
Portuguese EmpireColonialismMalaccaMilitary ExpeditionSpice TradeMaritime HistoryEast IndiesNaval Power
MalaysiaPortugal⚔️ Dutch East India Company and Johor Sultanate Fail to Capture Portuguese Malacca
The Dutch East India Company enters into an alliance with the Johor Sultanate to attack Portuguese Malacca, but they are repelled.⟶
ColonialismDutch East India CompanyPortuguese EmpireMalaccaMilitary Conflict
Malaysia
NetherlandsPortugal⚔️ Acehnese Navy Defeats Portuguese Fleet at Bintan
Sultan Iskandar Muda of Aceh sinks a Portuguese fleet off of Bintan Island.⟶
Aceh SultanatePortuguese EmpireNaval WarfareColonialismMilitary ConflictSultan Iskandar MudaMaritime History
IndonesiaPortugal⚔️ Acehnese Conquest of Pahang
Sultan Iskandar Muda of Aceh conquers Pahang on the South China Sea.⟶
Aceh SultanateConquestSultan Iskandar MudaMaritime History
MalaysiaIndonesia⚔️ Aceh Sultanate's Failed Siege of Portuguese Malacca
Iskandar Muda of Aceh Sultanate launched a failed attempt to take Portuguese Malacca.⟶
ColonialismAceh SultanatePortuguese EmpireMilitary ConflictSiegeMaritime History
MalaysiaIndonesiaPortugal