Hobbes was born in 1588, the year that the English naval forces drove back the invasion of the famous Spanish Armada.
The Spanish Armada sailed to England in1588.
The English ships that were deliberately set on fire sailed rapidly into the Spanish Armada with devastating effects.
A borough of southwest England on Plymouth Sound, an inlet of the English Channel. A major port, it was the embarkation point for the fleet that fought the Spanish Armada(1588) and for Drake, Raleigh, and several other early explorers. Population, 250, 300.
Spanish Armada: Great fleet sent by Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders.
The destruction of the Spanish Armada showed England's superiority as a naval power.
The Spanish Armada was sent to attack England in 1588.
Perhaps, though, they not only permitted the Vikings to reach America, but also helped save England from the Spanish Armada.
Like many ancient trees, they are bound up in storytelling and legend and it is suggested that they were grown from nuts that came from the wrecked Spanish Armada in 1588 and planted in 1592.
In blackmailing a groom to the chamber of the Pope, Walsingham gained access to a letter from King Philip II of Spain detailing the entire battle-plan of the gathering Spanish Armada.
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