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Siege of Cannanore

Siege of Cannanore was a siege conducted in April 1507 at Kannur, in what is now India. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 2 ships; 150 soldiers against 21 cannons; 40,000 Nāyars; 20,000 men from the Zamorin..

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Kannur Fort
Kannur Fort. Rajesh Kakkanatt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtApril 1507
WhereKannur, India11.854N, 75.372E
OutcomePortuguese victory
BelligerentsPortuguese EmpireagainstKōlattunād; Calicut

Record

DateApril 1507 (month precision)
to August 1507
PlaceKannur, India
11.854N, 75.372E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength2 ships; 150 soldiers21 cannons; 40,000 Nāyars; 20,000 men from the Zamorin.
Commanders
  • Kolathiri
  • Zamorin
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Elsewhere in 1507

Siege of Cannanore is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4337382, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Cannanore (1507), revision 1370740021, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.