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Everard Digby's De Arte Natandi, the first treatise on swimming in England, is published. The doctrine Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos is established in common law by Edward Coke. [24] 1588. 1 January – the Children of Paul's act at the court of Queen Elizabeth, probably performing John Lyly's Gallathea.
The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
The Spanish Armada set sail for England in May 1588, and arrived on the English coast on 29 July, near Cornwall. An English fleet consisting of 55 ships set out from Plymouth to confront the Armada, under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham , with Sir Francis Drake serving as vice admiral, commanding from the galleon Revenge .
The desire to let people read the Bible for themselves led William Tyndale to publish his own translation in 1526, giving way to Sir Rowland Hill's publication of the Geneva Bible in 1560, marking the re-establishment of the Church of England at the accession of Elizabeth I. These would be predecessors to the King James Version of the Bible.
The multinational force sustains 3,200 people killed or wounded. [63] June 18 – In England, the first known life insurance policy is issued. The Royal Exchange of London accepts a premium from William Gibbons, agreeing to pay a group of 30 beneficiaries a total of £383, 6s. 8d if he dies on or before June 17, 1584.
Pages in category "1588 in England" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... An Admonition to the Nobility and People of England and Ireland; C.
Geoffrey Elton, in his widely read England under the Tudors (1955), saw Dudley as "a handsome, vigorous man with very little sense." [267] Since the 1950s, academic assessment of the Earl of Leicester has undergone considerable changes. [268] Leicester's importance in literary patronage was established by Eleanor Rosenberg in 1955.
Henry Webley (died 22 August 1588) Richard Flower (c. 1566 - 30 August 1588) William Lampley (died 1 August 1588) Thomas Belson (c. 1564 - 5 July 1589) Humphrey Pritchard (died 5 July 1589) Robert Hardesty (died 24 September 1589) Nicholas Horner (died 4 March 1590) Alexander Blake (died 4 March 1590) Thomas Watkinson (died 31 May 1591)