Polity Malacca (Portugal)

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Portuguese control of Malacca, a city on the Malay Peninsula, spanned the 130 year period.

Establishment

  • August 1511: The Portuguese captured Malacca.

Chronology

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1. Capture of Malacca (1511)

Was the Portuguese capture of Malacca in 1511.

  • August 1511: The Portuguese captured Malacca.

2. War of the Portuguese Succession

Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

  • October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.

3. Portuguese Restoration War

Was a revolution organized by the Portuguese nobility and bourgeoisie sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", that ended the Iberian Union.

  • November 1640: A revolution organized by the nobility and bourgeoisie on 1 December 1640, sixty years after the crowning of Philip I (Philip II of Spain), the first "dual monarch", ended the Iberian Union between Portugal and Spain.

4. Dutch-Portuguese War

Was a global conflict between the Portuguese Empire and the Dutch Empire. The conflict primarily saw the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the East Indies.

4.1. Operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans

Were the military operations of the Dutch in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during the Dutch-Portuguese War.

  • January 1641: The Siege of Malacca of 1641, after many attempts, delivered the city to the Dutch and their regional allies, crucially breaking the spinal cord between Goa and the Orient.

Disestablishment

  • January 1641: The Siege of Malacca of 1641, after many attempts, delivered the city to the Dutch and their regional allies, crucially breaking the spinal cord between Goa and the Orient.

Selected Sources

  • Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523
  • de Oliveira Marques , A. H. R.(1972): History of Portugal, Columbia University Press, p. 322-325