Event
An English Armada, led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norreys
13 Apr 1589 · 38.70° N, 9.18° W
What the records say
- When
- 13 Apr 1589
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 38.70° N, 9.18° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, English Armada.
Summary
An English Armada, led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norreys, and largely financed by private investors, sets sail to attack the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, but fails to achieve any naval advantage.
4 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “départ de Plymouth de l'expédition Drake-Norreys (fin le 3 juillet)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Английская армада”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Francis Drake y John Norreys dirigen una expedición militar contra España, en el transcurso de la guerra anglo-española de 1585-1604”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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