In1588, Philip sent a fleet of 130 ships, known as theSpanish Armada,to England. The English fleet met the Armada in the English Channel, and sent burning ships into the midst of the Spanish ships, forcing them to split up and scatter. The Spanish retreated, intending to sail around the...
The Spanish Hapsburg monarchy became for a time the most powerful in the world. In 1588, Philip II sent his invincible Armada to invade England, but its destruction cost Spain its supremacy on the seas and paved the way for England's colonization of America. Spain then sank rapidly to the...
Perejil (Leila Island); Morocco serves as the primary launching site of illegal migration into Spain from North Africa; Portugal does not recognize Spanish sovereignty over the territory of Olivenza based on a difference of interpretation of the 1815 Congress of Vienna and the 1801 Treaty of ...
Elizabeth I and her navy succeeded in the Spanish invasion known as the Armada. The Spanish Armada was supposed to overthrow Elizabeth I and for Philip II to conquer the country and reinstate Catholicism. Economic depression and price increases were also the downsides of her long reign. Although...
though many of the words differ markedly from their counterparts in French and Italian. Prolonged contact with Germanic and later Arabic affected its evolution but did not risk the decrease in Romance speaking. Germanic and Arabic have left their mark on the Spanish language as words like 'guerra...
He was raised to speak Spanish and Portuguese fluently, but his inability to speak the other languages of his father's empire made him less popular outside of Spain on the infrequent occasions that he traveled abroad. Charles V granted Philip II the title Duke of Milan in 1540 and began ...
Colombian Baroque art mostly borrows from Spanish Baroque art, and so on. But since the 1950's, Colombian artists (especially those working in three dimensions) have made many bold, innovative leaps with their techniques and aesthetics. Art lovers will find plenty of interest at Colombia's ...
The Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada, an entourage of 130 ships in an attempt to invade England in 1588, was delayed by storms, and a vast proportion of the Armada’s ships collapsed on the shores of Scotland and Ireland, killing over 5,000 people. Among the drowned were most of the ...
Philip was born on May 21, 1527, near the end of theMiddle Ages, or the time period of castles and kings, in Valladolid, Spain. All of his siblings died when they were young, so he was the only child of his father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and his mother, Isabella of Portuga...
When the British defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, it became the undisputed ruler of the seas. This accounts for the explosive growth in prosperity during the Elizabethan period since the British navy controlled the world's naval trade, bringing vast material wealth to the area. ...