Region: Southeast Asia · Coordinates: 2.196, 102.240 · 26 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1400 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Iskandar Shah left Muar and, while hunting under a malacca tree on the Bertam River, saw a white deer drive off dogs, and founded a city at Malacca. |
| AD 1409 | Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) | In the seventh year of Yongle the emperor ordered Zheng He to bestow on the chief an edict, double-handled silver seals and robes, and to erect a stele fixing the territory; thus it came to be called the country of Malacca. After that Siam did not dare to invade. |
| AD 1413 | Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) | Going due south from Champa with fair winds for eight days, one reaches the Longyamen (龍牙門); passing the gate and going southwest two days, one reaches Malacca (滿剌加). Formerly it was not a country but was governed by a chief, and it paid Siam forty taels of gold each year. |
| AD 1413 | Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) | When the Chinese treasure ships come, a stockade and a walled city with watchtowers are set up; inside, small walls and warehouses are built to store money and grain. Ships that went to the various countries gather here to be readied, and return on the south wind in the middle of the fifth month. |
| AD 1414 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | In a dream the king saw a prophet; he converted to Islam under Makhdum Abdul Aziz, of a ship from Jeddah, received the name Muhammad Shah, and the prime minister and the people followed him. |
| AD 1446 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Raja Kassim, with Sri Nara Diraja, struck the palace by night riding an elephant, killed King Rakan and his elder half-brother Abu Syahid, and was enthroned as Muzaffar Shah. |
| AD 1446 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Muzaffar Shah had the law code (Kitab Undang-Undang) compiled. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Muzaffar Shah died after 42 years on the throne, and his son Abdullah was enthroned at age 27 as Mansur Shah. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Hang Tuah killed a Javanese running amok, and Mansur Shah bestowed upon him the name Laksamana. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | The Chinese emperor sent Malacca a ship full of needles with a letter, asking for friendship. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Chinese princess Hang Li Po came to Malacca with 500 maids, converted to Islam, and became Mansur Shah's queen. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Hang Kasturi, who had an affair with a palace lady, held out inside the palace; Hang Tuah, who had been released, killed him in a duel and took the post of Laksamana. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | The new palace burned and only two-thirds of the treasures were saved; the lion throne of Sang Nila Utama was also coveted. |
| AD 1459 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Samaloko of Makassar raided the coasts of Java, Siam and the Malay Peninsula with 200 ships, and Laksamana met him off Malacca and fought. |
| AD 1477 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Mansur Shah fell ill, named Husain (Alauddin) as his successor, and died. |
| AD 1477 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | King Alauddin Shah, disguised as a thief, patrolled at night, chased down five thieves and cut them down, which gave occasion to tighten public order. |
| AD 1488 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | After Alauddin Shah died, Raja Muda was enthroned as Sultan Mahmud Shah. |
| AD 1488 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Laksamana Hang Tuah died, and his son-in-law Khwaja Hassan succeeded him. |
| AD 1509 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | A Feringgi (Portuguese) ship from Goa came to Malacca to trade, took the prime minister Sri Maha Raja as adoptive father, and on returning home reported the riches it had seen. |
| AD 1509 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | When 2,000 Portuguese soldiers landed, Tun Hassan met them running amok and drove them back. |
| AD 1510 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Mahmud believed the slander of Raja Mudeliar and executed the prime minister Sri Maha Raja, his sons, brothers and son-in-law. |
| AD 1510 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Overcome with remorse, Mahmud enthroned his son Ahmad and withdrew to the mountains above Malacca. |
| AD 1511 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | Albuquerque came with 43 ships, bombarded Malacca and landed; Ahmad rode an elephant and fought back. |
| AD 1511 | Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) | In the second engagement the Malacca army collapsed; the Portuguese entered the empty fortress, and Malacca fell. |
| AD 1563 | Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations | Venetian merchant Cesare Federici's journey to the East Indies — Malacca passage (based on the sentence mentioning Malacca) |
| AD 1583 | Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations | Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Malacca passage (based on the sentence mentioning Malacca) |