<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a> forces under the command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Lopes_de_Sousa" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pedro Lopes de Sousa">Pedro Lopes de Sousa</a> begin an unsuccessful invasion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kandy" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Kandy">Kingdom of Kandy</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_of_Danture" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Campaign of Danture">Campaign of Danture</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mwKA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.