Spanish Armada Sails
July 29, 1588
A fleet of one hundred and thirty ships under the reluctant Duke of Medina Sidonia entered the English Channel in a crescent formation, meaning to rendezvous with Parma's army in Flanders and ferry it to England. English guns, fireships, and a Protestant wind would ensure the rendezvous never took place.
In context
Also in 1588 (3 other events on record)
- Battle of Gravelines · Europe · War
- Hideyoshi's Sword Hunt · East Asia · Politics
- Rome's Obelisk Raised · Europe · Culture
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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