1503 in India

none January 2016 July 2016 February 2025 1503 Events from the year 1503 in India. Events January – Battle of Calicut March – August – First siege of Cochin (1503) Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India Unniraman Koyikal I reign as King of Cochin ends Unniraman Koyikal II reign as King of Cochin begins The Portuguese army under Commander Dom Afonso de Albuquerque who reached Cochin in 1503, defeated the enemies of the King of Cochin and in return he gave them permission to build a fort in Kochi The Casa de Contratación was founded by Queen Isabella I of Castile in 1503, eleven years after the discovery of the Americas in 1492.John Michael Francis Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History : a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=OMNoS-g1h8cC&pg=PA179 2006 ABC-CLIO 978-1-85109-421-9 179 Diogo Fernandes Pereira visited Socotra, the first European to do so, and he discovered the Mascarenes archipelago Establishments Pallipuram Fort established by the Portuguese in Kerala St. Francis Church, in Kochi, Kerala, the oldest European church in Indiahttp://www.holidaysinkerala.org.uk/pilgrim-centers/st-francis-kochi.html St. Francis Church 21 February 2008 Wonderful Kerala https://web.archive.org/web/20080317061736/http://www.holidaysinkerala.org.uk/pilgrim-centers/st-francis-kochi.html 17 March 2008 live Ayub, Akber (ed), Kerala: Maps & More, Fort Kochi, 2006 edition 2007 reprint, pp. 20-24, Stark World Publishing, Bangalore, 81-902505-2-3 Births Gopala Bhatta Goswami, one of the goswamis of Vrindavana is born (dies 1578) Deaths Tuluva Narasa Nayaka, Vijayanagar commander and prime minister See also Timeline of Indian history References 1503 India Category:Years of the 16th century in India Category:1500s in India India