English Sack Cadiz
June 22, 1596
An English expedition under the Earl of Essex and Lord Howard of Effingham stormed the Spanish port of Cadiz in a dawn attack, burned ships and warehouses, and sailed off with plunder. The raid humiliated Philip II and showed that the Armada's failure had not been a fluke. Essex returned a popular hero.
In context
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1595: Tasso Dies in Rome
- After: 1597: Shakespeare Buys New Place
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.