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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.
Dutch Republic, the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, declared their independence against Spanish rule. 1585: Anglo–Spanish War (1585): The war began. It was an intermittent conflict 1588: 8 August: The Spanish Armada was defeated in the English Channel. 1589: The English Armada (known as the Counter Armada) was defeated. 1598: 13 ...
1588 July and August – Defeat of the Spanish Armada off southern England September – Spanish Armada in Ireland; 1589 – Defeat of the English Armada; 1591 about 13 June – English vs Spanish under Diego de la Ribera Battle of Flores – Spanish repel English near the Azores
1680: The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692. 1680: Johnathan's Coffee-House opened by John Miles. 1681: The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Thököly's rebellion in Hungary. 1682: Sultan Mehmed IV, advised by Kara Mustafa, decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I, due to expire in 1684.
The Spanish Armada was the fleet that attempted to escort an army from Flanders as a part the Habsburg Spanish invasion of England in 1588, was divided into ten "squadrons" (escuadras) [1] The twenty galleons in the Squadrons of Portugal and of Castile, together with one more galleon in the Squadron of Andalucia and the four galleasses from Naples, constituted the only purpose-built warships ...
After capturing and sacking the towns of Maracaibo and Gibraltar, Morgan was trapped by the Spanish Armada de Barlovento led by Don Alonso del Campo y Espinosa. Despite being outgunned Morgan's fleet defeated and wiped out the Spanish fleet in a pitched naval battle on the bar of Maracaibo. Following this Morgan was to able escape getting past ...
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, ... The wreck is also claimed by U.S.-based salvage company Sea Search Armada -- which insists it found it first more than ...
In 1623, Rivera and his Naples Squadron, [4] were transferred to the Spanish Armada in the Atlantic Ocean under Fadrique de Toledo, Marquis of Valdueza.The following year he could finally take possession of his habit of Santiago, as the process had dragged over the years due to Rivera's grandmother being found to be of converso blood.