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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The 3rd Spanish Armada, also known as the Spanish Armada of 1597, was involved in a major naval event that took place between 18 October and 15 November...
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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...
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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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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 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 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 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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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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The Armada is a popular history by Garrett Mattingly—a historian who taught at Columbia University—about the attempt of the Spanish Armada to invade England...
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Black Irish (folklore) (section Spanish origin myth)
tied to the myth that they were descended from Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588. However, no anthropological, historical...
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Elizabeth I (category English people of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604))
vainglory". In 1589, the year after the Spanish Armada, Elizabeth sent to Spain the English Armada or Counter Armada with 23,375 men and 150 ships, led by...
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The Streedagh Armada wrecksite is the site of three shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada at Streedagh beach (/ˈstriːdə/, STREE-da) in north County Sligo, in...
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Galleon (redirect from Spanish galleon)
opposing English and Spanish fleets in the 1588 confrontation of the Spanish Armada and in the 1589 confrontation of the English Armada were galleons, with...
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Third Fernandine War (1381–1382) Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), including the Spanish Armada, the English Armada and the Nine Years' War (Ireland), part...
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The term "The Armada" may refer to: The Spanish Armada, fleet that attempted to invade England in 1588 The Armada (band), Irish rock band fronted by Jeff...
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John Hawkins (naval commander) (category English people of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604))
to stop Spain re-arming. In 1589, Hawkins sailed with Francis Drake in the English Armada. One of its goals was to try to intercept the Spanish treasure...
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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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fleet to face the Spanish Armada. The ship took part in the Great Expedition by privateer Francis Drake, which raided the Spanish New World in 1585 and...
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Argentine Navy (redirect from Armada Argentina (Argentine Navy))
The Argentine Navy (ARA; Spanish: Armada de la República Argentina) is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the...
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Colombian Navy (redirect from Colombian Armada)
National Navy (Spanish: Armada Nacional de la República de Colombia), also known as the "Armada Nacional" or just the "Armada" in Spanish, is the naval...
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Diego de Medrano (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
commanded four galleys in the Spanish Armada, and on the voyage back to Spain, he became interim Admiral of the Spanish Armada. Diego de Medrano was also...
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Francis Walsingham (section Spanish Armada)
Drake's raid of Cadiz in 1587, which wrought havoc with Spanish logistics. The Spanish Armada sailed for England in July 1588. Walsingham received regular...
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Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (redirect from Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Grandee of Spain)
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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Channel and the Franco-Spanish invasion never materialized. This threat to Great Britain prompted comparisons to the earlier Spanish Armada of 1588. After the...
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defeat of the Armada. In the background view on the left, English fireships drift towards the Spanish fleet, and on the right the Spanish ships are driven...
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Francisco de Cuellar (category Spanish naval officers)
Francisco de Cuéllar (born 1562)[citation needed] was a Spanish sea captain who sailed with the Spanish Armada in 1588 and was wrecked on the coast of Ireland...
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Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (category English people of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604))
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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Walter Raleigh (category English people of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604))
suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I. Raleigh was born to...
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