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    The 2nd Spanish Armada also known as the Spanish Armada of 1596 was a naval operation that took place during the Anglo–Spanish War. Another invasion of...
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    of Spain in revenge for the English attack on Cadiz following the failure of the 2nd Spanish Armada the previous year due to a storm. The Armada was...
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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...
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  • coastal towns from Spain 2nd Spanish Armada, a second unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England 3rd Spanish Armada, a third unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England...
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    repelled the Spanish Armada in 1588, whilst Spain repelled the English Armada. The 2nd Spanish Armada in 1596 and the 3rd Spanish Armada in 1597 likewise...
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    The English Armada (Spanish: Invencible Inglesa, lit. 'English Invincible'), also known as the Counter Armada or the Drake–Norris Expedition, was an attack...
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    The Spanish Navy or officially, the Armada, is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world...
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  • 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...
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    the battles against the Spanish Armada and was chiefly responsible for the victory that saved England from invasion by the Spanish Empire. Few details of...
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  • successful raid on Cornwall. The 1596 2nd Spanish Armada shattered by storms off Cape Finisterre. The 1597 3rd Spanish Armada dispersed by storms off the Lizard;...
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  • Diego Brochero (category Biography articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia)
    Spanish seaman originally from Salamanca. He took part in the 2nd Spanish Armada and the 3rd Spanish Armada. In 1601 he was an admiral in a Spanish force...
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    Spain's declaration of bankruptcy the following year. In retaliation the Spanish attempted an invasion of the British isles; the 2nd Spanish Armada set...
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    Siege of Kinsale (category Battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604))
    against Spanish rule, and provide another base for privateers, such as the Dunkirkers, to disrupt English and Dutch shipping. The 2nd Spanish Armada aimed...
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    General Alfonso Armada, were sentenced to thirty years in prison. In 1988 the Spanish Supreme Court suggested to pardon Alfonso Armada and Tejero; the...
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    Europe (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    the Spanish fleet to retain its capability to wage war for the next decades. However, two more Spanish armadas failed to invade England (2nd Spanish Armada...
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    India Armada was assembled in 1500 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Pedro Álvares Cabral. Cabral's armada famously...
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    Infantería de Marina Armada of Spain Spanish Republican Navy Notes "El buen momento de la Infantería de Marina española". defensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19...
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  • Invisible Armada is the name given to the 1599 panic in England over the supposed approach of a Spanish Armada – an alarm greater than that experienced...
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    Francis Drake (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    started as a simple seaman, in 1588 he was part of the fight against the Spanish Armada as a vice-admiral. At an early age, Drake was placed into the household...
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    Capture of Cádiz (category Naval battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604))
    recuperative capacity of the Spanish Armada was proven with the organization of a fleet that in October 1596, known as the 2nd Spanish Armada under the command of...
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  • English soldiers before escaping to Spain in the 1580s, where he joined the Spanish Armada. He was known by the Spanish as Don Carlos or Don Carolo - though...
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    September 1550 – 26 July 1615), was a Spanish aristocrat who was most noted for his role as commander of the Spanish Armada that was to attack the south of...
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  • Cathal fled to Spain in the 1580s, to escape execution. In 1596, Cathal and his mother died in a shipwreck on the 2nd Spanish Armada. Dunlop, Robert...
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    Chilean Navy (redirect from Armada de chile)
    The Chilean Navy (Spanish: Armada de Chile) is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense...
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    A Spanish treasure ship, returning from the Indies, was also captured. The damage caused by the English delayed Spanish preparations for the Armada by...
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    Faly, Baron Offaly. It seems she died in a 1596 shipwreck on the 2nd Spanish Armada. Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare was born in 1487 in Maynooth...
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    armed forces of Spain are known as the Spanish Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Españolas). Their commander-in-chief is the King of Spain, Felipe VI. The...
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  • Gardes de la Marine (category Articles containing Spanish-language text)
    Armada". armada.cl/ (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2021. Secretary of the Navy (21 July 2018). "Ley Orgánica De La Armada De...
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    to Spain. The following year Philip's naval power was able to recover after the failed invasion of the English Armada into Spain. Two more Spanish armadas...
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    foundation for Spain's Pacific empire and for Spanish control over the East Indies. In the beginning, Portugal was the only serious threat to Spanish hegemony...
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