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Siege of Malacca

Siege of Malacca was a siege conducted in 1568 at Malacca, in what is now Malaysia. The recorded result: Portuguese–Johorean victory. Recorded strength: 1,500 men against 15,000 men; 400 Ottoman gunners; 300 ships; 200 cannons.

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Malacca 1630s Title: Livro das Plantas das Fortalezas, Cidades e Povoaçoes do Estado da India Oriental 1600s. Period: 1600s Remark: Illustration of the Portuguese fort and the city of en:Malacca. 1600
Malacca 1630s Title: Livro das Plantas das Fortalezas, Cidades e Povoaçoes do Estado da India Oriental 1600s. Period: 1600s Remark: Illustration of the Portuguese fort and the city of en:Malacca. 1600. António Bocarro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date1568 (year precision)
PlaceMalacca, Malaysia
2.189N, 102.251E
KindSiege, early modern
ResultPortuguese–Johorean victory
Belligerentsborder|25px Portuguese Empire; Sultanate of JohorAceh Sultanate; Kalinyamat Kingdom; 25px Ottoman Empire
CommandersLeonis Pereira; Muzaffar II of JohorAlauddin al-Kahar; Ratu Kalinyamat
Strength1,500 men15,000 men; 400 Ottoman gunners; 300 ships; 200 cannons
Casualties and losses3 dead4,000 dead; Several more wounded
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Siege of Malacca is one of 831 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 16 in present-day Malaysia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4273940, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Malacca (1568), revision 1373248737, 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.