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The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between the Habsburg Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. [4] It began with England's military expedition in 1585 to what was then the Spanish Netherlands under the command of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in support of the Dutch rebellion against Spanish Habsburg rule.
The Anglo-Spanish War was a conflict between the English Protectorate and Spain between 1654 and 1660. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side attacking the other's commercial and colonial interests in various ways, such as privateering and naval expeditions.
Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) War of Jenkins' Ear (1739–1748), later merged into the War of the Austrian Succession; Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), part of the Seven Years' War; Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783), linked to the American Revolutionary War; Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808), part of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
1st Anglo-Navarrese war (1243–1244) 2nd Anglo-Navarrese war (1266) Part of Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry; Location: Southern France, Gascony. Kingdom of Navarre. Kingdom of France. Kingdom of England Vizcounty of Tartas. English victory
The Anglo-Spanish War was fought between 1796 and 1802, and again from 1804 to 1808, as part of the Coalition Wars. The war ended when an unexpected alliance was formed between Great Britain and the Spanish Bourbon dynasty, resulting in the French invasion .
The Battle of Flores was a naval engagement during the Brittany Campaign of the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 fought off the Island of Flores between an English fleet of 22 ships under Lord Thomas Howard [2] and a Spanish fleet of 55 ships under Alonso de Bazán. [1]
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) France Great Britain: 1779 1783 Anglo-Spanish War Part of the American Revolutionary War: Spain Great Britain: 1779 1781 First Xhosa War: Dutch Cape Colony: Xhosa tribesmen: 1780 1784 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Part of the American Revolutionary War Great Britain Dutch Republic France: 1780 1784 Second Anglo-Mysore ...
The capture of Cádiz in 1596 was an event during the Anglo-Spanish War, when English and Dutch troops under Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and a large Anglo-Dutch fleet under Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, with support from the Dutch United Provinces, raided the Spanish city of Cádiz.