Historedia
Person

Lourenço Ferreira de Brito

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1640

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lourenço Ferreira de Brito, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Siege of Galle

    1640

    Role: Portuguese Captain leading the garrison

    1. 8 March 1640 · Bay of GalleDutch Landing at Galle

      Dutch expeditionary force lands at Bay of Galle on 8 March 1640.

    2. 8–13 March 1640 · Santa Cruz de Gale fortPortuguese Resistance and Casualties

      Portuguese garrison mounts stiff resistance, causing high Dutch casualties and inspiring a proverb.

    3. 9–13 March 1640 · Santa Cruz de Gale fortBombardment and Storming

      Dutch bombard fort for four days before storming and capturing it on 13 March 1640.

Sources

  1. Siege of Galle (1640) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22