Portuguese Malacca
Former Portuguese possession in Southeast Asia between 1511–1641 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the occupation of Malacca by the Portuguese Empire. For the armed conflict in Malacca, see Capture of Malacca (1511).
Portuguese control of Malacca –a city on the Malay Peninsula– spanned a 130 year period from 1511 to 1641 as a possession of the Portuguese East Indies. It was captured from the Malacca Sultanate as part of Portuguese attempts to gain control of trade in the region. Although multiple attempts to conquer it were repulsed, the city was eventually lost to an alliance of Dutch and regional forces, thus beginning a period of Dutch rule.
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Portuguese Malacca | |||||||||
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1511–1641 | |||||||||
Status | Portuguese colony | ||||||||
Capital | Malacca Town | ||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||
King of Portugal | |||||||||
• 1511–1521 | Manuel I | ||||||||
• 1640–1641 | John IV | ||||||||
Captains-major | |||||||||
• 1512–1514 (first) | Rui de Brito Patalim | ||||||||
• 1638–1641 (last) | Manuel de Sousa Coutinho | ||||||||
Captains-general | |||||||||
• 1616–1635 (first) | António Pinto da Fonseca | ||||||||
• 1637–1641 (last) | Luís Martins de Sousa Chichorro | ||||||||
Historical era | Age of Imperialism | ||||||||
• Captured | 15 August 1511 | ||||||||
14 January 1641 | |||||||||
Currency | Portuguese real | ||||||||
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