siege, early modern

Siege of Malacca

Name: Siege of Malacca
Location: Malacca, Malaysia

Siege of Malacca was a siege conducted in 1574 at Malacca, in what is now Malaysia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Malacca. It was part of the War of the League of the Indies, which ran from 1570 to 1575. The recorded result: Portuguese victory. Recorded strength: 300 soldiers against 70–80 junks, 200 smaller vessels, 15,000 men.

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Fought1574

WhereMalacca, Malaysia2.189N, 102.251E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePortuguese victory

Belligerentsborder|25px Portuguese EmpireagainstKalinyamat Sultanate

Casualties and lossesLowand~7,000 killed, nearly all ships lost

Part ofWar of the League of the Indies1570 to 1575

Where it sits in the War of the League of the Indies

6 placed engagements of the War of the League of the Indies in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1574 (year precision) to 1574
Place	Malacca, Malaysia 2.189N, 102.251E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	300 soldiers	70–80 junks, 200 smaller vessels, 15,000 men
Casualties and losses	Low	~7,000 killed, nearly all ships lost
Commanders	Tristão Vaz da Veiga	Kyai Demang

Placed at Malacca; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Capture of Malacca 1511, same recorded site
Siege of Malacca 1568, same recorded site
Siege of Malacca 1606, same recorded site
Siege of Malacca 1640, 0.4 km N
Battle of Gemas 1942, 57 km NE

In the same war

Before: Siege of Malacca 1573
After: Siege of Malacca 1575
All 6 engagements of War of the League of the Indies

Elsewhere in 1574

Conquest of Tunis Tunisia
Siege of Leiden Netherlands
Battle of Mookerheyde Netherlands
Battle of Reimerswaal Netherlands
Battle of Manila Philippines

Siege of Malacca is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 53 in present-day Malaysia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q130198666, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Malacca (1574), revision 1380056609, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.