The Ming–Kotte War (Chinese: 明-錫蘭山國戰爭) was a military conflict between the expeditionary forces of Ming China and the Sinhalese Kotte Kingdom in the southern...

The Kingdom of Kotte (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ රාජධානිය, romanized: Kottay Rajadhaniya, Tamil: கோட்டை அரசு), named after its capital, Kotte, was a Sinhalese kingdom...

A timeline of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) from the rise of the Hongwu Emperor to the rise and establishment of the Qing dynasty. Red Turban Rebellion...

part because of the long-standing diplomacy between the Portuguese and the Ming, but the Dutch were ultimately successful in acquiring the monopoly of trade...

list of wars that began between 1000 and 1499 (last war ended in 1504). Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended...

The Ming invasion of Viet (Chinese: 明入越/平定交南), known in Vietnam as the Ming–Đại Ngu War (traditional Chinese: 大虞與明戰爭; simplified Chinese: 大虞与明战争; Vietnamese:...

northeastern Shandong Central Plains War (1929–1930) Chiang-Gui War (1929) Han–Liu War (1932) Two-Liu war (1934) War in Ningxia (1934) 1927 — Shanghai massacre...

jurisdiction changing from time to time, Kotte held the island's lands where trade and agriculture were most developed. The Kotte kings were the largest land owners...

Polonnaruwa-Pagan war 1169–1177 Pandyan civil war 1020–1130 Medieval Chola Invasions 1410 or 1411 Ming-Kotte War 1527–1658 Sinhalese-Portuguese war 1557–1558...

winning the war, their rule was oppressive to the people of those areas controlled by them. While the Portuguese were engaged in a long war of independence...

Kingdom of Dambadeniya, Gampola & Kotte (1232–1597) History Malay invasions of Sri Lanka Sinhalese–Portuguese War Ming–Kotte War Kandyan independence Crisis...

shores of Sri Lanka, landed in Colombo. With the permission of the king of Kotte, Dharma Parakramabahu IX, Almeida erected a trade station and a small chapel...

Ming Dynasty Chinese Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after his second voyage, and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War...

undeveloped lands. The Vanniars in general paid tribute to the Kingdom of Kotte and later to the Kingdom of Kandy, apart from Confederation of Northern...

fight against Sri Lankan kings, most likely in the Sinhalese–Portuguese War (Mulleriyawa (1562), Randeniwela (1630), Gannoruwa (1638)). The descendants...

stables of Sinhalese King Bhuvanekabahu VII (r. 1521–1551) of the Kingdom of Kotte in modern (Ceylon), who was a close ally of the Portuguese who landed on...

until after the death of Dharmapala of Kotte, who died without an heir, and had bequeathed the Kingdom of Kotte to the Portuguese monarch in 1580. That...

the early 16th century. Imjin War Ming–Kotte War Sino-Dutch conflicts Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols Ming dynasty in Inner Asia Tusi Wade...

Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War,...

he confronted the visiting Chinese Admiral Zheng He resulting in the Ming-Kotte War. Zheng captured and took him to China, returning him to the country...

Kingdom of Dambadeniya, Gampola & Kotte (1232–1597) History Malay invasions of Sri Lanka Sinhalese–Portuguese War Ming–Kotte War Kandyan independence Crisis...

monarch of southern Sri Lanka. In 1557, Dharmapala, who was the king at Kotte, near Colombo, and had suzerainty over Kandy and Jaffna (the other two kingdoms)...

Vijayabā Kollaya, the partitioning of the Kingdom of Kotte between three brothers, who began a series of wars over the succession. Starting in 1527, the Portuguese...

established an ally at Palembang and secured access to this important port. Ming–Kotte War Chan (1998), 233. Dreyer (2007), 55. Dreyer (2007), 57. Ray (1987),...

Kingdom of Dambadeniya, Gampola & Kotte (1232–1597) History Malay invasions of Sri Lanka Sinhalese–Portuguese War Ming–Kotte War Kandyan independence Crisis...

control on local kingdoms (mainly the Kingdom of Kotte), many of the forces loyal to the king of Kotte became Lascarins and continued to hold ranks such...

The military of the Ming dynasty was the military apparatus of China from 1368 to 1644. It was founded in 1368 during the Red Turban Rebellion by Zhu Yuanzhang...

Ming Dynasty Chinese Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after his second voyage, and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War...

414. Zheng He's Treasure voyages visited Sri Lanka and fought in the Ming–Kotte War. When Ceylon was under Dutch rule in the 17th and 18th centuries, the...

This is a timeline of the Ming dynasty treasure voyages from 1405 to 1433. Dreyer 2007, p. 11. Dreyer 2007, p. 12. Levathes 1996, p. 58. Dreyer 2007, p...