The Tiro de Diu is a 16th-century siege cannon, specifically a large-calibre basilisk, which saw action in the First Siege of Diu in 1538. The Tiro de Diu...
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20°N 71°E / 20°N 71°E / 20; 71 The siege of Diu occurred when an army of the Sultanate of Gujarat under Khadjar Safar, aided by forces of the Ottoman...
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Portuguese India (section Afonso de Albuquerque)
the Great Siege of Malta. On the occasion, the Portuguese captured the Tiro de Diu, a massive Guzerati bombard. According to Portuguese records, there was...
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History of Sacavém (section Çaca dé Uen)
fortress of Diu had begun under the auspices of the governor in India, Nuno da Cunha. According to Diogo do Couto, in his work Décadas de Ásia, as Diogo...
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J. M. Peñuela, "La Inscripción Asiria IM 55644 y la cronología de los reyes de Tiro," Sefarad 14 (1954): 28-29 and nn. 164-67. Barnes, Studies 54. Edwin...
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democratic elections were held in the union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, which had been Portuguese colonies on the Indian subcontinent until its...
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United States launched the first weather satellite, the 270-pound (120 kg) TIROS-1, from Cape Canaveral at 6:40 a.m. EST. The name was an acronym for Television...
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