What the records say
- When
- 1521
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 22.37° N, 113.98° E
- Description
- 1521 battle of Tunmen
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Tunmen
1521 naval battle between Ming and Portuguese
The Battle of Tunmen or the Battle of Tamão was a naval battle in which the Ming imperial navy defeated a Portuguese fleet led by Diogo Calvo in 1521.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “April or May – Battle of Tunmen in Tuen Mun (present-day Hong Kong)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月下旬，明朝廣東海道副使汪鋐率領水師與葡萄牙人爆發屯門海戰，以明朝的獲勝而告終。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page