Singeing the King of Spain's Beard: On his expedition against Spain

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1587年4月29日

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事件

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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 · 称之为“Francis Drake détruit la flotte espagnole dans le port de Cadix”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0来源页面
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · 称之为“рейд Дрейка на Кадис”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0来源页面
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · 称之为“en el sur de España, el corsario británico Francis Drake saquea Cádiz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0来源页面