The Portuguese colonised Malacca (modern Melaka) on the southwest coast of the Malay peninsula from 1511 and kept it until 1641 when the Dutch took over. The port controlled the Malay Straits which lead from the Indian Ocean (the Andaman Sea) into the South China Sea and so Malacca acted as both a regional and interregional trade hub.
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Timeline
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1511Afonso de Albuquerque captures Malacca in Malaysia for Portugal.
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1511 - 1641Malacca in Malaysia is a Portuguese colony.
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1521St. Paul’s Church is built in Portuguese Malacca.
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1616The Dutch attack Portuguese Malacca for the first time.
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1629The Dutch attack Portuguese Malacca for a second time.
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1641The Dutch attack and take over Portuguese Malacca.
