battle, early modern

Battle of Kota Batu

Name: Battle of Kota Batu
Location: Kampong Kota Batu, Brunei

Battle of Kota Batu was a battle fought in 1578 at Kampong Kota Batu, in what is now Brunei. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kampong Kota Batu. It was part of the Castille War. The recorded result: Status quo ante bellum. Recorded strength: 1,000 men (initial phase); 5,000~ men (late phase); 62 guns; 50 ships against 2,200 men; 40 ships.

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Fought1578

WhereKampong Kota Batu, Brunei4.878N, 114.961E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeStatus quo ante bellum

BelligerentsBrunei Sultanate; Sulu Sultanate; Maguindanao SultanateagainstSpanish Empire; Captaincy General of the Philippines; Bruneian defectors

Part ofCastille War1578

Record

Date	1578 (year precision) to 1578
Place	Kampong Kota Batu, Brunei 4.878N, 114.961E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	1,000 men (initial phase); 5,000~ men (late phase); 62 guns; 50 ships	2,200 men; 40 ships
Casualties and losses	Unknown; 170 artillery pieces; 27 ships and galleys captured	Unknown; presumably heavy; 17 men dead (by dysentery)
Commanders	Sultan Saiful Rijal Bendahara Sakam	Francisco de Sande

Placed at Kampong Kota Batu; 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 Labuan 1945, 56 km NE
Battle of Beaufort 1945, 101 km NE
Operation Claret date unknown, 134 km SE
Raid on Kalabakan 1963, 285 km E
Battle of Tarakan 1945, 335 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kota Batu 1578

Elsewhere in 1578

Battle of Kota Batu is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 4 in present-day Brunei.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q123311451, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kota Batu (1578), revision 1379337168, 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.