battle, early modern

Battle of Cochin

Name: Battle of Cochin
Location: Kochi, India

Battle of Cochin was a battle fought in 1504 at Kochi, in what is now India. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kochi. The recorded result: Kochi-Portuguese victory.

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Fought1504

WhereKochi, India9.967N, 76.283E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeKochi-Portuguese victory

BelligerentsPortuguese Empire; Kingdom of CochinagainstCalicut; Vassal Malabari states: Edapalli; Cranganore; Kottakkal; Kingdom of Tanur; Beypore; Chaliyam; Pariyapuram etc.

Record

Date	1504 (year precision) to 1504
Place	Kochi, India 9.967N, 76.283E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Commanders	Duarte Pacheco Pereira	Saamoothiri Edapalli

Placed at Kochi; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Quilon 1809, 126 km S
Battle of Pookkottur 1921, 128 km N
Siege of Coimbatore 1791, 137 km NE
Battle of Sittimungulum 1790, 202 km NE
Siege of Tellicherry 1779, 216 km NW

Elsewhere in 1504

Battle of Tachikawahara Japan
Siege of Sulzbach Germany

Battle of Cochin is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 376 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870768, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Cochin, revision 1372437115, 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.