siege, early modern
Siege of Tellicherry
Siege of Tellicherry was a siege conducted on 30 December 1779 at Thalassery, in what is now India; it lasted 2.1 years. It was part of Second Anglo-Mysore War, which ran from 1780 to 1784. The recorded result: British victory.
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Where it sits in Second Anglo-Mysore War
Record
| Date | 30 December 1779 to 18 January 1782 | |
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| Place | Thalassery, India 11.750N, 75.490E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
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Siege of Tellicherry is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510446, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tellicherry, revision 1370745720, 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.