The Danture campaign comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It...

Sri Lanka, the Portuguese launched a military invasion of Kandy in the Campaign of Danture of 1594. The invasion was a disaster for the Portuguese, with...

Danture is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. It is located about 20 kilometers from Kandy, the former capital of the country...

of Private were simply 'Lascoreens'. Portuguese Ceylon Campaign of Danture Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom Battle of Randeniwela Battle of Gannoruwa...

were repelled, most notably in the campaign of Danture. After the Sinhalese–Portuguese War and the establishment of Dutch Ceylon, attempts by the Dutch...

of Portugal. He died that year in the Campaign of Danture. He was the second-born son of Diogo Lopes de Sousa, lord of the town of Bordonhos and of the...

and Kandy entered a long period of attritionary warfare with the Portuguese, starting with the Campaign of Danture. Hostilities between the Portuguese...

Catarina. After the death of her father in 1581, the Portuguese installed her as a client ruler in the Campaign of Danture. She was at this point a teenager...

The following is a list of wars involving Portugal. Military history of Portugal Unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin. See also: Auxiliary...

win the battle, killing 500 of the Protestant forces. October 9 – The Campaign of Danture, which began on July 5 as part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War...