Singeing the King of Spain's Beard

When

29 Apr 1587

Kind

Event

Coordinates

36.53° N, 6.30° W

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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard: On his expedition against Spain, English sailor Sir Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking or capturing at least 30 ships of the Spanish fleet, delaying by a year the sailing of the Spanish Armada for England.

1587 English naval attacks by Francis Drake

Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the derisive name given to attacks by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish in the summer of 1587, beginning in April with a raid on Cádiz. This was an attack on the Spanish naval forces assembling in the Bay of Cádiz in preparation for the planned expedition against England.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Francis Drake détruit la flotte espagnole dans le port de Cadix”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el sur de España, el corsario británico Francis Drake saquea Cádiz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page