What the records say
- When
- 8 Mar 1640 – 13 Mar 1640
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 6.03° N, 80.22° E
- Description
- 1640 siege
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Galle: Dutch troops take the strategic fortress at Galle, Sri Lanka from the Portuguese”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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