siege, early modern

Siege of Trichinopoly

Name: Siege of Trichinopoly
Location: Tiruchirappalli, India

Siege of Trichinopoly was a siege conducted in 1663 at Tiruchirappalli, in what is now India.

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Fought1663

WhereTiruchirappalli, India10.790N, 78.705E

BelligerentsMadurai NayakasagainstBijapur Sultanate; Supported by: Thanjavur Nayaks

Casualties and lossesHeavyandHeavy

Record

Date	1663 (year precision) to 1663
Place	Tiruchirappalli, India 10.790N, 78.705E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Casualties and losses	Heavy	Heavy
Commanders	Chokkanatha Nayak	Vijaya Raghava Nayak

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Trichinopoly 1743, 2.6 km NW
Siege of Trichinopoly 1741, 4.3 km N
Siege of Trichinopoly 1751, 4.3 km N
Battle of Kannanur 1342, 14 km N
Battle of Seringham 1753, 44 km SW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1663 and 1751.

Elsewhere in 1663

Battle of Ameixial Portugal
Battle of Köbölkút Slovakia
Siege of Érsekújvár Slovakia
1663 raid on the Perekop fortress Russia
First Battle of Zrínyiújvár Hungary

Siege of Trichinopoly is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q140570915, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Trichinopoly (1663), revision 1376262418, 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.