Conquest and Portuguese administration of Malacca (1511–1521)

1. Sequeira’s first Portuguese mission reaches Malacca

   Sep 11, 1509Labels: Diogo Lopes, Malacca Sultanate

   • Sequeira
   • Capture 1511

2. Portuguese mint coinage for Malacca’s economy

   Jan 1, 1511Labels: Portuguese mint, Malacca

   • Numista

3. Albuquerque sails from Goa for Malacca

   Apr 1, 1511Labels: Afonso de, Goa

   • ICM essay
   • Capture 1511

4. Portuguese fleet arrives and begins pressure talks

   Jul 1, 1511Labels: Albuquerque fleet, Malacca harbor

   • ICM essay
   • Capture 1511

5. Portuguese capture Malacca after major assaults

   Aug 15, 1511Labels: Portuguese conquest, Sultan Mahmud

   • Britannica
   • Capture 1511
   • ICM essay

6. Rui de Brito Patalim appointed first captain

   Sep 1, 1511Labels: Rui de, captaincy

   • EPE list

7. Fortress construction begins at A Famosa

   Jan 1, 1512Labels: A Famosa, Portuguese fortress

   • A Famosa
   • NAS record

8. Tomé Pires sent to Malacca for royal service

   Jun 1, 1512Labels: Tom Pires, Malacca administration

   • ICM Suma

9. Jorge de Albuquerque becomes captain of Malacca

   Jan 1, 1514Labels: Jorge de, captaincy

   • EPE list

10. Fernão Pires de Andrade launches China trade mission

    Jun 17, 1517Labels: Fern o, China mission

    • F P Andrade
    • Sincouwaan

11. Portuguese raid and destroy Mahmud Shah’s Pago base

    Jan 1, 1520Labels: Pago Pagoh, Portuguese raid

    • Pago battle

12. Battle of Aceh signals widening regional conflict

    Jun 1, 1521Labels: Battle of, Sultanate of

    • Aceh 1521

13. Portuguese attack Bintan to break exiled court

    Oct 1, 1521Labels: Bintan, Sultan Mahmud

    • Bintan 1521
    • Britannica

14. Manuel I’s death marks end of 1511–1521 era

    Dec 13, 1521Labels: Manuel I, Portuguese crown

    • Manuel I
    • EPE list