1779 Event Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest 1779 Event Vice-Admiral Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada 1639 Event Dunes (Marten Tromp defeats Spanish armada under De Oquendo) 1639 Event Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1631 Death Justinus van Nassau, ltalian Admiral (Armada), dies 1588 Event Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander 1588 Event Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada 1588 Event English assault on Spanish Armada 1588 Event Spanish Armada under Medina Sidonia anchors 1588 Event English Admiral Howard van Effingham beats Spanish Armada 1588 Event English fleet beats Spanish Armada 1588 Event Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders 1588 Event Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I 1588 Event English fleet defeats Spanish armada 1588 Event Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada 1588 Event Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna 1588 Event Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England 1588 Event Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England 1390 Event French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates
