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Battle of Tidore

Battle of Tidore 1536
Part of Portuguese Battle in the East

Portuguese depiction of the Moluccas
Date21 December 1536.[2]
Location
Tidore, Moluccas
Result Decisive Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire
Ternate loyal to Hairun		 Ternate loyal to Dayal
Sultanate of Tidore
Sultanate of Bacan
Sultanate of Jailolo
Kingdom of Vaigama[1]
Kingdom of Vaigue[1]
Kingdom of Quibibi[1]
Kingdom of Mincibo[1]
Commanders and leaders
António Galvão
Sultan Hairun		 Dayal of Ternate †
Mir of Tidore
Alauddin of Bacan
Katarabumi of Geilolo
4 unnamed Papuan kings
Strength

6 ships.[3]
120 Portuguese soldiers[4]

  • 80 musketeers[5]
 30,000 men.[4] 500-600 firearms.[6]
Casualties and losses
Few Heavy

The Battle of Tidore in 1536 was a military engagement between the forces of the Portuguese Empire, and those of eight united rulers of the archipelago.

After conducting an amphibious attack on Tidore, the heavily outnumbered Portuguese led by António Galvão assaulted and razed the city of Tidore. The coalition fell apart shortly afterwards and the region submitted to Portuguese rule.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d Fernão Lopes de Castanheda, 1933, book VIII, p. 391.
  2. ^ Jacobs, 1971, p. 251.
  3. ^ Jacobs, 1971, p. 241.
  4. ^ a b Francisco de Santa Maria: [Anno historico, diario portuguez, noticia abreviada de pessoas grandes, e cousas notaveis de Portugal], book III, 1744, pp. 521-522.
  5. ^ Jacobs, 1971, p. 245.
  6. ^ Jacobs, 1971, p. 243.
  7. ^ Frederick Charles Danvers: The Portuguese in India volume 1, W. H. Allen & Co. Limited, 1894, p. 424.

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