1585–1604 war between the kingdoms of Spain and England
Dates, participants and sources of this conflict →Related events
The chronological links below come from Wikidata’s “part of” and “has part” relations. This selection covers July 1585 — 7 August 1604; it does not claim to cover the entire conflict or reconstruct an army’s movements.
- July 1585 — October 1585
Newfoundland expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q27957778 - 27 August 1585 — 31 August 1585
Action off Bermuda ↗
Source · Q48782214 - September 1585 — October 1585
Francis Drake's descent on Vigo
On the map ↗ Source · Q135474687 - 11 November 1585 — 28 November 1585
Capture of Santiago ↗
Source · Q16209152 - 1 January 1586
Battle of Santo Domingo ↗
Source · Q15145340 - 9 February 1586 — 11 February 1586
Battle of Cartagena de Indias ↗
Source · Q15145481 - 13 July 1586
Battle of Pantelleria ↗
Source · Q16243583 - 12 April 1587 — 6 July 1587
Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
On the map ↗ Source · Q957491 - 8 August 1588
Battle of Gravelines ↗
Source · Q2400227 - April 1589 — July 1589
English Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q145934 - 10 April 1589
Capture of Geertruidenberg ↗
Source · Q20020507 - August 1589 — September 1589
Azores Voyage of 1589
On the map ↗ Source · Q23018820 - 1590 — 1598
Brittany Campaign
On the map ↗ Source · Q115828870 - 1590
Battle of Bayona Islands ↗
Source · Q19901912 - 4 March 1590
Capture of Breda ↗
Source · Q2220712 - 24 April 1590
Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1590) ↗
Source · Q16243594 - 4 June 1590 — 18 July 1590
Watts' West Indies and Virginia expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q30324621 - 1591
Battle of Blaye ↗
Source · Q113482009 - 14 April 1591
Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar ↗
Source · Q4873017 - 30 August 1591 — 1 September 1591
Battle of Flores ↗
Source · Q4871029 - 11 November 1591 — 20 April 1592
Siege of Rouen ↗
Source · Q7510351 - April 1592 — June 1592
Newport's 1592 expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q123925236 - 24 April 1592 — 21 May 1592
Siege of Caudebec ↗
Source · Q24971262 - 20 May 1592 — 13 August 1592
Battle of Flores ↗
Source · Q15197201 - 21 May 1592 — 24 May 1592
Battle of Craon ↗
Source · Q2888359 - 26 July 1592
Battle of the Barbary Coast ↗
Source · Q24896259 - November 1592
Battle of the Bay of Biscay ↗
Source · Q16243586 - 18 April 1593
Battle of Blaye ↗
Source · Q2888157 - 22 June 1594 — 23 June 1594
Action of Faial ↗
Source · Q16158139 - 29 June 1594 — 1 July 1594
Battle of Atacames ↗
Source · Q113482017 - 29 June 1594 — 1 July 1594
Action of San Mateo Bay ↗
Source · Q4677403 - 1 October 1594 — 19 November 1594
Siege of Fort Crozon ↗
Source · Q3485884 - February 1595 — August 1595
Raleigh's El Dorado Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q27958898 - 30 March 1595 — April 1595
Capture of Recife
On the map ↗ Source · Q15845036 - September 1595 — April 1596
Drake–Hawkins Expedition
On the map ↗ Source · Q2380606 - October 1595
Battle of Las Palmas ↗
Source · Q4871538 - 8 November 1595
Battle of the Guadalupe Island ↗
Source · Q16822742 - 22 November 1595
Battle of San Juan ↗
Source · Q4872281 - 6 January 1596 — 20 January 1596
Drake's Assault on Panama
On the map ↗ Source · Q85757623 - 11 March 1596
Battle of Pinos ↗
Source · Q4872046 - 24 October 1596 — 1 November 1596
Second Spanish Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q20977854 - 13 May 1597 — 25 September 1597
Siege of Amiens ↗
Source · Q3485809 - June 1597 — August 1597
Islands Voyage
On the map ↗ Source · Q16848812 - 18 October 1597 — 15 November 1597
Third Spanish Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q5919490 - 15 June 1598 — 30 June 1598
Battle of San Juan ↗
Source · Q4872278 - 17 January 1601
Capture of Portobello ↗
Source · Q16253717 - August 1601 — March 1602
Fourth Spanish Armada
On the map ↗ Source · Q132797985 - 1602
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1602) ↗
Source · Q113482008 - 3 June 1602
Battle of Sesimbra Bay ↗
Source · Q16822708 - 3 October 1602 — 4 October 1602
Battle of the Narrow Seas ↗
Source · Q16822746 - 17 February 1603
Battle of Puerto Caballos ↗
Source · Q16822687 - 7 August 1604
Battle of the Gulf of Cadiz ↗
Source · Q15197539
Provenance and limits
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