What the records say
- When
- Apr 1507 – Aug 1507
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 11.85° N, 75.37° E
- Description
- 1507 siege in India
Siege of Cannanore (1507)
Siege in India
The siege of Cannanore was a four-month siege, from 27 April 1507 to 27 August 1507, when troops of the local ruler, supported by the Zamorin of Calicut besieged the Portuguese garrison at St. Angelo Fort in Cannanore, in what is now the Indian state of Kerala. It followed the Battle of Cannanore, in which the fleet of the Zamorin was defeated by the Portuguese.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In India, in what is now the state of Kerala, troops from the Kingdom of Cannanore begin a four-month siege of the Portuguese garrison at the Fort of Saint…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Каннанура”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page