Cochin, located on the southwest coast of India, was a Portuguese colony from 1503 to 1663. Known to the Portuguese as Cochim, it was one of several important cities on India’s Malabar Coast and a great trade centre for spices like pepper. Cochin was the administrative capital of Portuguese India until it was replaced by Goa in 1530.
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8 Jul 1497 - 8 Aug 1499The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama sails around the Cape of Good Hope and on to India and back.
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1503The Portuguese colonize Cochin in western India.
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24 Dec 1524Vasco da Gama dies of illness at Portuguese Cochin in India.
