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Robert Dudley was a pioneer of new industries; interested in many things from tapestries to mining, he was engaged in the first joint stock companies in English history. [168] The Earl also concerned himself with relieving unemployment among the poor. [169] On a personal level, he gave to poor people, petitioners, and prisons on a daily basis. [82]
Thomas Bosgrave, layman, 4 July 1594 [19] William Browne, layman, 5 September 1605; Christopher Buxton, priest, died Canterbury, 1 October 1588 [20] Edward Campion (also known as Gerard Edwards), 1 October 1588 [20] John Carey, Dublin born lay helper of John Cornelius S.J., 4 July 1594 [19] Edmund Catherick, priest, 1642; James Claxton ...
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.
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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)
A Depiction of the Battle of Gravelines showing fire ships Admiral Pedro de Valdés surrendering his sword to Francis Drake aboard Revenge during the attack of the Spanish Armada, 1588. Oil on canvas by John Seymour Lucas (1889) The Spanish Armada set sail for England in May 1588, and arrived on the English coast on 29 July, near Cornwall.
Thomas Hobbes (/ h ɒ b z / HOBZ; 5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. [4] He is considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. [5] [6]
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