| Siege of Dansborg (1624) | |||||||||
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Fort_Dansborg_in_Tharangambadi,_Tamil_Nadu.jpg) Fort Dansborg in Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Danish India | Thanjavur Nayak kingdom | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Roland Crappé Henrik Hess Christopher Mohlen Christopher Boye Mat Herman |
Raghunatha Nayak Calicut | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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HDMS Jupiter HDMS Perlen HDMS St. Laurentius | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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30 men 3 ships 2 cannons |
40,000 men 1000 elephants 1000 camels 1000 horses | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The siege of Dansborg (Danish; belejringen af Dansborg) or the siege of Fort Dansborg (Danish; belejringen af Fort Dansborg), was a siege of the newly finished Danish fort of Dansborg in Trangebar in 1624. The siege was initiated by the nayak of Thanjavur, Raghunatha, because of the Danish rejection of the demands from the nayak. The siege, laid by general Calicut, was abandoned after the arrival of Danish reinforcements from sea. The event is mostly described by Icelander, Jón Ólafsson, in his work The Life of the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, Traveller to India.