Event
Sinhalese–Portuguese War – Campaign of Danture
9 Oct 1594 · 7.28° N, 80.54° E
What the records say
- When
- 9 Oct 1594
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 7.28° N, 80.54° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Campaign of Danture.
Summary
Sinhalese–Portuguese War – Campaign of Danture: Forces of the Kingdom of Kandy gain a decisive victory over the Portuguese Empire, reversing near-total control of Sri Lanka by Portugal. Pedro Lopes de Sousa, the Governor of Portuguese Ceylon, is killed in the battle, and replaced on December 24 by Jerónimo de Azevedo.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “campagne de Danture”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page