Regional1520 – 1650 · 130 years

Portuguese Conquest of East Timor

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

East Timor · Timor-Leste

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

Portuguese explorers and traders gradually conquered East Timor through military campaigns and diplomacy, establishing Portuguese colonial control. Portuguese rule lasted until the 20th century.

Belligerents2

Portugal
Timorese kingdoms

ON THE MAPKingdom of Portugal

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Portuguese Conquest of East Timor (1520 – 1650). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/portuguese-expansion-east-timor · Sources & methodology