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Siege of Dansborg (1624)

Fort Dansborg in Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu
DateOctober 1624
Location
Result Inconlusive
Territorial
changes
Thanjavur acknowledges Tranquebar as Danish
Belligerents
 Danish India Thanjavur Nayak kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Danish India Ronald Crappé
Denmark–Norway Christopher Boye
Denmark–Norway Mat Herman
Raghunatha Nayak
Calicut
Nico de Ragnato
Units involved
Denmark–Norway HDMS Jupiter
Denmark–Norway HDMS Perlen
Denmark–Norway HDMS St. Laurentius
Unknown
Strength
30 men
3 ships
2 cannons
40.000 men (Numbers likely exargerated)
1000 elephants
1000 camels
1000 horses
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Siege of Dansborg (Danish; Belejringen af Dansborg) or the Siege of Fort Dansborg (Danish; Belejringen af Fort Dansborg), was a siege of the newly finished Danish fort of Dansborg in Trangebar in October 1624. The siege was initiated by the nayak of Thanjavur, Raghunatha, because of the Danish rejection to gift demands from the nayak. The Siege, laid by general Calicut, was abandoned after the arrival of Danish reinforcements from sea.

Background

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Prelude

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Siege

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Arrival of Perlen and Jupiter

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Aftermath

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