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1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1588th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 588th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 16th century, and the 9th year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1588, the ...
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 speech's veracity was accepted by the historian J. E. Neale in an article, 'The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth': "I see no serious reason for rejecting the speech. ... some of the phrases have every appearance of being the Queen's, and the whole tone of the speech is surely very much in keeping even with the few Elizabethan quotations that I have had room for in this article. ...
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 [note 1] – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years.
April 25 - blessing of the banner of the Spanish Armada; May 28 - Spanish Armada leaves Lisbon and heads for English Channel [1]; July 19 - the Spanish Armada is sighted by the English off the coast of Cornwall [1]
1588. Pierre Seguier. January 4 – Arnold Vinnius, Dutch lawyer (d. 1657) January 6 – Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Huntingdon, English noblewoman and writer (d.
1588 1 January – the Children of Paul's act at the court of Queen Elizabeth, probably performing John Lyly 's Gallathea . 18–20 May (28–30 May NS) – the Spanish Armada sets sail from the Tagus estuary for an attempted invasion of England.
The Spanish Armada in Ireland refers to the landfall made upon the coast of Ireland in September 1588 of a large portion of the 130-strong fleet sent by Philip II to invade England. Following its defeat at the naval battle of Gravelines , the Armada had attempted to return home through the North Atlantic , when it was driven from its course by ...