Portuguese conquest of Malacca

Timeline

1. 1511Port of Malacca · Malay PeninsulaAlbuquerque's fleet entered the harbor with a salute and a show of force, demanding that Sultan Mahmud Shah release the Portuguese held since 1509. The sultan delayed negotiations, strengthened the city's defenses, and recalled his fleet, whereupon the Portuguese bombarded the city in mid-July.
2. 1511City of Malacca · Malay PeninsulaThe Portuguese launched an amphibious assault at dawn on St. James's Day and, after several days of street fighting, took the entire city on 4 August. The sultan fled, and the Portuguese systematically sacked the city for three days, protecting the property of pro-Portuguese communities such as Chinese and Hindus, and capturing over three thousand cannon.
3. 1511Fort of Malacca (A Famosa) · Malay PeninsulaAlbuquerque ordered the construction of the stone fortress A Famosa, using local building materials to strengthen the defenses and stationing a garrison. Malacca thereby became Portugal's administrative and trading center in Southeast Asia until the Dutch captured it in 1641.