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    The Battle of Cádiz (1656) was an operation in the Anglo–Spanish War (1654–1660) in which an English fleet destroyed or captured the ships of a Spanish...
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  • Battle of Cádiz (1656): an English fleet destroyed and captured a Spanish treasure fleet during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660). Battle of Cádiz (1669):...
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  • squadron while within sight of Cadiz, Spain, and López de Zúñiga was killed in this Battle of Cádiz (1656), as was his wife and one of his daughters. Cordoba...
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  • Years' War] Battle of Cádiz (1656) – 1656 – Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) (Franco-Spanish War (1635–1)659)) [Thirty Years' War] Battle of Santa Cruz de...
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    The Battle of Valenciennes was fought on 16 July 1656 between the Spanish troops commanded by John Joseph of Austria and the French troops under Henri...
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  • Cádiz Expedition. 1656 – 9 September: Battle of Cádiz; English win. 1702 Battle of Cádiz. Population: 30,000. 1706 – Castle of San Sebastián (Cádiz)...
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    Robert Blake (admiral) (category English MPs 1656–1658)
    In February 1656 commercial rivalry with Spain was soon turned to war. In the Anglo-Spanish War Blake blockaded Cádiz, during which one of his captains...
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    Puntales Naval Station, Cádiz Alborán Naval Detachment (of patrol craft and tow boats) Cádiz Diving Unit Naval Commandancy of Cádiz Ferrol Naval Action Command...
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  • Civil War Battle of Wagram – 1809 – Napoleonic Wars Battle of Wakefield – 1460 – Wars of the Roses Battle of Warsaw (1656) – Northern Wars Battle of Warsaw...
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    two-day battle resulted in three French ships of the line being captured, two destroyed, and five blockaded in neutral Cádiz; two escaped the battle to reach...
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    Thomas Legh served as High Sheriff of Cheshire for 1588/89. Sir Urian Legh was knighted for military services by taking Cádiz in 1596. He was appointed High...
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    destroyed by one of Blake's captains, Richard Stayner. A further six ships were sent from England as reinforcements towards the end of 1656, including George...
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    This is a chronological list of battles involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792). For pre-987 battles, see List of battles involving the Franks and Francia...
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    Swedes and liberate Nyborg 1661 – French naval bombardment of Algiers 1669 December – Battle of Cádiz, English Mary Rose vs 7 Algerines 1670 August – English/Dutch...
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    The Battle of the Dunes (French: Bataille des Dunes, Spanish: Batalla de las Dunas), also known as the Battle of Dunkirk, took place on 14 June 1658, near...
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    returned to Jamaica with a vast amount of plunder and treasure. In April 1656 English Admiral Robert Blake with a fleet of around forty warships, fireships...
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    Robert Mansell (category 1656 deaths)
    Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656) was an admiral of the English Royal Navy and a Member of Parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies. His name was...
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  • Coronado 28 (launched 17 June 1651) Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (c. 1656) Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo (c. 1662) Santiago 58 (1662) San Miguel...
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    Spanish treasure fleet (category Spanish colonization of the Americas)
    admiral Robert Blake twice attacked the fleet, in the Battle of Cádiz in 1656 and in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1657, but he captured only...
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  • English ship Merlin (1652) (category Ships of the Royal Navy)
    in command between 1656 and 1658 sailing with Robert Blake. On 7 May 1660 she was commissioned as HMS Merlin under the command of Captain Edward Grove...
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    July 5 – Capture of Cádiz: An English fleet, commanded by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Lord Howard of Effingham, sacks Cádiz. July 14 – King...
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  • stop piracy. Assault on Cádiz June–July - British fail to capture Cádiz, but both Spain and UK suffer economically. Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 22–25...
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  • of Dyneburg (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58) Siege of Riga (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58) Siege of Dorpat (1656) – Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)...
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    Tercio (category Military units and formations of the Early Modern period)
    Fleurus (1622) Heidelberg (1622) Höchst (1622) Mannheim (1622) Breda (1625) Cádiz (1625) Genoa (1625) Salvador de Bahia (1625) Nordlingen (1634) Leuven (1635)...
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    escape to Cádiz and the dissolution of the Supreme Central Junta on 29 January 1810, because of the reverses suffered after the Battle of Ocaña by the...
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    Turenne captured the fortresses of Landrecies, Condé and St Ghislain. In 1656 the prince of Condé avenged the defeat of Arras by storming Turenne's circumvallation...
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    Iturribalzaga (c. 1656 – c. 1728) was a Spanish Navy officer. He was an innovator who applied a scientific approach to ship design, and was at the origin of the revival...
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    inherit if Robert had no issue). Elizabeth, through her funeral oration (in 1656) by her second husband Sir Thomas Higgons, vigorously denied this.[citation...
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  • Francis Wheler (category 1656 births)
    Wheeler) (1656 – 19 February 1694) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Nine Years' War. Wheler spent the early part of his career...
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    Michiel de Ruyter (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    returned home in May 1656.[citation needed] The same month, the States General, becoming ever more concerned by the expansionary plans of the Swedish king...
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