In May 1624 , Dutch WIC forces under Jacob Willekens captured Conquering Salvador Bahia from the Portuguese .

The city was a strategically important Portuguese base in the struggle Hostile_encounter against the Dutch for the control Control of Brazil .

The 28 May 1926 `` coup d'état '' , sometimes called 28 May Revolution or , during the period of the authoritarian Estado Novo ( ) , the National Revolution ( ) , was a military coup Change_of_leadership of a nationalist origin , that put an end to Process_end the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated Process_start 48 years of authoritarian rule in Portugal .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Malacca ( 2 August 1640 – 14 January 1641 ) was a successful attempt by the Dutch to capture Conquering Malacca from the Portuguese .

In the early 17th century , the Dutch East India Company ( `` Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie '' , `` VOC '' ) began Process_start the campaign to destroy Destroying Portuguese power in the East .

At that time , the Portuguese had transformed Change Malacca into an impregnable fortress ( the `` Fortaleza de Malaca '' ) , controlling Control access to the sea lanes of the Straits of Malacca and the spice trade there .

The Dutch started Process_start by launching Military_operation small incursions and skirmishes against the Portuguese .

The Dutch with their local allies assaulted Attack and wrested Malacca from the Portuguese in January 1641 .

This combined Cause_to_amalgamate Dutch-Johor effort effectively destroyed Destroying the last bastion of Portuguese power , removing Removing their influence in the Malay archipelago .

The Capture of Muscat occurred Coming_to_be in 1552 , when an Ottoman fleet under Piri Reis attacked Attack Old Muscat , in modern Oman , and plundered Robbery the town from the Portuguese .

These events followed the important Ottoman defeat Conquering in the Second Siege of Diu in 1546 , which put Placing a stop to their attempts in India , but also the successful Capture of Aden ( 1548 ) , which allowed Preventing_or_letting the Ottomans to resist Defending the Portuguese in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean .

The city , before then a possession of the King of Hormuz , had been in Portuguese hands since 1507 , when a Portuguese fleet under Afonso de Albuquerque attacked Attack the city , destroyed Destroying it , and then came back Arriving soon after to occupy Control it .

The city , before then a possession of the King of Hormuz , had been in Portuguese hands since 1507 , when a Portuguese fleet under Afonso de Albuquerque attacked Attack the city , destroyed Destroying it , and then came back Arriving soon after to occupy Control it .

The Ottomans attempted to intervene Hindering against the Portuguese presence , and four Ottoman ships bombarded Attack the city in 1546 .

The ultimate objective was to seize the islands of Hormuz and Bahrain , in order to block Portuguese access to the Persian Gulf and thus reestablish Recovering Ottoman control of the Indian Ocean Trade .

Lacking food and water , the 60 Portuguese garrison and its commander , João de Lisboa , agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to surrender Surrendering , only to be taken Conquering as captives .

Ultimately , they managed to occupy Control and control Control the coasts of Yemen , Aden and Arabia , as far north as Basra , so as to facilitate Cause_to_make_progress their trade with India and block Hindering the Portuguese from attacking the Hijaz .

The Ottomans again attacked Attack the Portuguese possessions of the coast of India in 1553 , with a raid on the Pearl Fishery Coast of South India around Tuticorin .

52 Portuguese were captured Arrest at Punnaikayal , and churches were burnt down .

The Ottomans failed however in 1553 against a Portuguese fleet at sea near al-Fahl .

Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys would be attacked Attack in an ambush by Portuguese forces while he was trying to bring Bringing back his float from Basra to Suez in August 1554 .

Three Ottoman galleys would again occupy Control Muscat in 1581 , letting the population escape Escaping , before the city again fell to the Portuguese in 1588 .

Brazil 's independence , in particular , shared a common starting point with that of Spanish America , since both conflicts Hostile_encounter were triggered Causation by Napoleon 's invasion of the Iberian Peninsula , which forced the Portuguese royal family to flee to Brazil in 1807 .

Operation Gordian Knot ( `` Operação Nó Górdio '' ) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique , East Africa .

Operation Gordian Knot ( `` Operação Nó Górdio '' ) was the largest and most expensive Portuguese military campaign in the Portuguese overseas province of Mozambique , East Africa .

Carried Carry_goods out from 1970 to 1971 , during the Portuguese Colonial War ( 1961–1974 ) .

The operation Military_operation ultimately failed Earnings_and_losses when FRELIMO forces regrouped Cause_to_amalgamate and thrusted further south in the province of Tete , opening Openness a new front and overstretching the Portuguese Army .