Tamil Nadu Timeline

Tharangambadi

2 events, 1815 to 1845.

  1. 1815

    1. 20 Sep 1815Diplomacy

      Tranquebar handed back to Denmark

      Britain returned Tranquebar (Tharangambadi), occupied since 1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, to Danish rule on 20 September 1815.

  2. 1845

    1. 1845Diplomacy

      Denmark sells Tranquebar to the British

      Denmark sold its settlement of Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) to the East India Company, ending Danish rule on the Tamil coast.