Establishment and administration of Portuguese Goa (1510–1600)

1. Treaty of Tordesillas frames Portuguese expansion

   Jun 7, 1494Labels: Treaty of, Portugal, Castile

   • Britannica

2. Vasco da Gama reaches the Malabar Coast

   May 20, 1498Labels: Vasco da, Calicut

   • History com
   • Britannica

3. Portuguese India viceroyalty begins under Almeida

   Mar 1, 1505Labels: Francisco de, Portuguese India

   • Britannica

4. Albuquerque’s first occupation of Goa

   Mar 1, 1510Labels: Afonso de, Goa

   • Britannica

5. Goa captured in decisive assault

   Dec 9, 1510Labels: Afonso de, Goa

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

6. Goa receives Lisbon-style civic privileges (foral)

   Jan 1, 1526Labels: Foral, King John

   • Goa Conquest

7. Viceregal capital moves from Cochin to Goa

   Jan 1, 1530Labels: Nuno da, Goa

   • Portuguese India
   • HPIP

8. Francis Xavier arrives in Goa

   May 6, 1542Labels: Francis Xavier, Jesuits

   • Infovaticana

9. Seminary and church of St. Paul completed

   Jan 25, 1543Labels: Church of, Seminary

   • Goa Govt

10. First printing press begins operation in Goa

    Jan 1, 1556Labels: Jesuit press, St Paul

    • St Paul s
    • Printing Goa

11. Goa elevated to metropolitan archdiocese

    Jan 1, 1557Labels: Archdiocese of, Catholic Church

    • CCEL

12. Goa Inquisition tribunal established

    Mar 2, 1560Labels: Goa Inquisition, Portuguese Holy

    • Britannica

13. Garcia de Orta’s Colóquios published in Goa

    Apr 10, 1563Labels: Garcia de, Col quios

    • Col quios
    • UB Journal

14. First provincial council convened at Goa

    Jan 1, 1567Labels: Provincial Council, Goa

    • Diocese Hist

15. Goa’s prosperity peaks as Asian imperial capital

    Jan 1, 1575Labels: Goa, Portuguese Asia

    • Britannica