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Spanish Armada

Spanish naval fleet

Also known as: Armada Española, Armada Invencible, Invincible Armada

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Last Updated: Apr 1, 2024 • Article History

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Also called:: Armada or Invincible Armada

Spanish:: Armada Española or Armada Invencible

Areas Of Involvement:: naval warfare

Related People:: Philip II; Álvaro de Bazán, Marqués de Santa Cruz; Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duke de Medina-Sidonia

On the Web:: Warfare History Network - Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Apr. 01, 2024)

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Spanish Armada, the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. England’s attempts to repel this fleet involved the first naval battles to be fought entirely with heavy guns, and the failure of Spain’s enterprise saved England and the Netherlands from possible absorption into the Spanish empire. Philip had long been contemplating an attempt to restore the Roman Catholic faith in England, and English piracies against Spanish trade and possessions offered him further provocation. The Treaty of Nonsuch (1585) by which England undertook to support the ...(100 of 1179 words)

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