Portuguese Malacca | |||||||||
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1511–1641 | |||||||||
Status | Portuguese colony | ||||||||
Capital | Malacca Town | ||||||||
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King of Portugal | |||||||||
• 1511–1521 | Manuel I | ||||||||
• 1640–1641 | John IV | ||||||||
Captains-major | |||||||||
• 1512–1514 (first) | Rui de Brito Patalim | ||||||||
• 1638–1641 (last) | Manuel de Sousa Coutinho | ||||||||
Captains-general | |||||||||
• 1616–1635 (first) | António Pinto da Fonseca | ||||||||
• 1637–1641 (last) | Luís Martins de Sousa Chichorro | ||||||||
Historical era | Age of Imperialism | ||||||||
• Captured | 15 August 1511 | ||||||||
14 January 1641 | |||||||||
Currency | Portuguese real | ||||||||
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History of Malaysia |
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Portuguese control of Malacca, a city on the Malay Peninsula, spanned the 130 year period (1511–1641) when it was a possession of the Portuguese East Indies. It was conquered from the Malacca Sultanate as part of Portuguese attempts to gain control of trade in the region. Although multiple attempts to conquer it were repulsed, the city was eventually lost to an alliance of Dutch and regional forces, thus entering a period of Dutch rule.