Portuguese Estado da Índia commercial and monopoly policies (1500–1755)

1. Casa da Índia created to manage spice monopoly

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Casa da, Manuel I

   • Casa ndia
   • Britannica

2. Cartaz pass system introduced in the Indian Ocean

   Jan 1, 1502Labels: Cartaz, Indian Ocean

   • Cartaz
   • Portuguese India

3. Francisco de Almeida appointed first viceroy

   Mar 1, 1505Labels: Francisco de, Viceroy

   • Britannica
   • Portuguese India

4. Battle of Diu strengthens Portuguese sea control

   Feb 3, 1509Labels: Battle of

   • Portuguese MoD
   • Britannica

5. Goa captured and developed as imperial capital

   Nov 25, 1510Labels: Goa, Afonso de

   • Britannica
   • Goa Conquest

6. Malacca taken to control a major trade chokepoint

   Aug 15, 1511Labels: Malacca, Afonso de

   • Albuquerque
   • Malacca 1511

7. Hormuz retaken to influence Persian Gulf trade

   Apr 1, 1515Labels: Hormuz

   • Hormuz
   • Albuquerque

8. Treaty of Bassein expands Portuguese coastal possessions

   Dec 23, 1534Labels: Treaty of, Bassein

   • Bassein 1534
   • Portuguese India

9. Goa Inquisition established under Portuguese rule

   Mar 2, 1560Labels: Goa Inquisition

   • Britannica
   • Scripta

10. Crown monopoly loosened as India trade leased out

    Jan 1, 1570Labels: Crown monopoly

    • India Armadas
    • Casa ndia

11. Malacca lost to the Dutch after a long siege

    Jan 14, 1641Labels: Malacca

    • Malacca Siege
    • Britannica

12. Dutch challenge accelerates Estado da Índia’s crisis

    Jan 1, 1648Labels: Dutch East, Estado da

    • Cambridge MAS
    • Britannica

13. Portuguese Ceylon ends as Dutch take final strongholds

    Feb 22, 1658Labels: Ceylon, Dutch

    • Mannar 1658
    • Britannica

14. Bombay transferred out of Portuguese control

    Aug 28, 1661Labels: Bombay, Catherine of

    • Bombay 1661
    • Bassein 1534

15. Pombal creates Portuguese Asia Commerce Company

    Jan 1, 1753Labels: Pombal, Portuguese Asia

    • Asia Company
    • Pombal

16. 1755 Lisbon earthquake disrupts imperial trade administration

    Nov 1, 1755Labels: 1755 Lisbon, Casa da

    • Casa ndia
    • Pombal