Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.

The Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) was an intermittent conflict between Habsburg Spain and the Kingdom of England that was never formally declared. 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.

English Ships and the Spanish Armada, August 1588 RMG BHC0262
English Ships and the Spanish Armada, August 1588 RMG BHC0262 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Siege of Grave - Beleg van Grave door de Prins van Parma (1586)
Siege of Grave - Beleg van Grave door de Prins van Parma (1586) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
La batalla de Gravelinas, por Nicholas Hilliard
La batalla de Gravelinas, por Nicholas Hilliard (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Aert Anthonisz. The battle of Cadix 1608
Aert Anthonisz. The battle of Cadix 1608 (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Sources and further reading: Wikipedia — Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), Spanish Armada, England (CC BY-SA). Images: Wikimedia Commons.