Tag: Spanish Armada
Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard – April 1587
On the 19th April 1587 Sir Francis Drake entered the harbour of Cadiz on the Spanish coast and led a…
Sir Francis Drake Sets Sails from Plymouth for Spain – 2 April 1587
On this day in history, 2nd April 1587, Sir Francis Drake sailed out of Plymouth bound for Spain, where he…
Sir Francis Drake
On 28th January 1596, Sir Francis Drake’s remains and those of his second cousin, Admiral Sir John Hawkins, were buried…
Spanish Armada 9 – God Blew and They Were Scattered
On this day in history, the 20th August 1588, a thanksgiving service was held at St Paul’s in London to…
Painting the Armada Exhibition
Visitors to London this summer will be able to visit a wonderful exhibition of six huge paintings of the Spanish…
The Spanish Armada 8 – Elizabeth’s Tilbury Speech
On the 9th August 1588 (old calendar) Elizabeth I appeared before her troops gathered at Tilbury. In her article “The…
The Spanish Armada 7 – Elizabeth I Visits Tilbury
Even though the remaining ships of the Spanish Armada were homeward bound, England was still expecting to be threatened by…
The Spanish Armada 6 – The Spanish Fleet Homeward Bound
By the first week of August 1588, the battered, defeated and demoralised Spanish Armada had started the first part of…
The Spanish Armada 5 – The Protestant Wind
On the 30th July 1588 the wind changed and the remaining ships of the Spanish Armada were forced northwards and…
The Spanish Armada 4: The Battle of Gravelines
The day after the English had wrecked the crescent formation of the Spanish Armada and caused havoc, they attacked the…
The Spanish Armada 3: The Hell-burners
At midnight on this day in history, the 28th July 1588, five hell-burners were ordered to be sent amongst the…
The Spanish Armada 2 – Leicester Invites Elizabeth to Tilbury
On this day in history, the 27th July 1588, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester and the Lieutenant and Captain…
The Spanish Armada 1: The Assembling of Troops at Tilbury Fort
On this day in history, the 26th July 1588, 4,000 men assembled at Tilbury Fort, the fort built on the…