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Jul 1, 2022 · In 1505, King Manuel I decided that it was time to establish a permanent presence in the Indian Ocean, and Francisco de Almeida was appointed the first viceroy of Portuguese India. Almeida was charged with building forts and trading posts all along the East African and Indian coasts and bottling up Muslim trade with Calicut.
Francisco de Almeida (frənsēsh´kŏŏ dĬ älmā´də), c.1450–1510, Portuguese admiral, first viceroy of Portuguese India. He was first sent to India in 1503 as captain major of a fleet and helped Portuguese forces defeat the ruler of Calicut.
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The Battle of Salt River was a small military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling), notable for being the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become South Africa. The battle ...
- 1 March 1510
- ǃUriǁʼaekua victory
Battle of Diu. Coordinates: 20.72°N 70.99°E. Battle of Diu. Part of the Mamluk–Portuguese conflicts , Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts and Ottoman-Portuguese confrontations. Notable victory achieved by the Viceroy D. Francisco de Almeida against the navies of the Sultan of Egypt and the Kings of Cambay and Calicut.
- 3 February 1509
Arrival route of 7th Armada (D. Francisco de Almeida) on the Malabar Coast of India, 1505. Late September/Early October – During the construction period, the remainder of Manuel Paçanha's Second Squadron – now reduced to two ships, Sebastião de Sousa's Concepção (carrying Paçanha) and Antão Vaz's caravel – reaches Angediva.
Jul 24, 2019 · Magellan took part in his first sea voyage in 1505 when Portugal sent him to India to help install Francisco de Almeida as the Portuguese viceroy. He also experienced his first battle there in 1509 when one of the local kings rejected the practice of paying tribute to the new viceroy.
Jul 28, 2023 · The Portuguese governor Francisco Almeida defeats the united fleets of Gujarat, Egypt, and Zamorin. • 1510 The Portuguese governor Alfonso Albuquerque takes Goa from Bijapur. • 1530 Goa is declared the Portuguese capital. • 1535 Diu is conquered by the Portuguese.
