Siege of Galle (1640)
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The Siege of the Portuguese fort Santa Cruz de Gale at Galle in 1640, took place during the Dutch–Portuguese and Sinhalese–Portuguese Wars. The Galle fort commanded 282 villages, which contained the m
A Dutch painting depicting the siege
A 17th-century Dutch pinnace.
Rajasingha II, from Robert Knox's A Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon.
15th-century Portuguese painting depicting Ecce Homo.
Rajasinha II
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King Rajasinghe II, also known as Rajasingha II, was a Sinhalese King, reigned 1629 – 6 December 1687; seventh king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka. Rajasingha requested aid from the newly formed
Siege of Galle (1640)
…victory Belligerents Dutch East India Company Kandy Portuguese Empire Lascarins Commanders and leaders Willem Jacobszoon Coster Adrian Cornelio Rajasinghe II Lourenço Ferreira de Brito Francisco de Mendonça Manuel † Strength Total strength 3,350 European troops Unknown number of sailors, Bandanese and Malay…
The rugged terrain of the Kandyan kingdom, an area now largely within the modern Central Province
The fort of Galle in southern Sri Lanka, first a Portuguese, then a Dutch stronghold
The arrival of general Hulft at the court of Rajasingha II (by Johannes Janssonius Waasbergen, circa 1672)