3 February 1509
Capture of Mombasa
The Portuguese follow the Battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, Sri Lanka & Malacca
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mombasa in Portugal. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Portuguese follow the Battle of Diu by capturing key areas such as Mombasa, Socotora, Muscat, Ormuz, Goa, Sri Lanka & Malacca
Provenance
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