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The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval experience appointed by Philip II of Spain.
16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598. Also known as Philip I, Philip IV, Filipe I, Philip III, Philip I the Prudent, Philipp II, Philip V. Born on 31 May 1527 in Palacio de Pimentel. Died on 13 September 1598 in Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
Legazpi's expedition arrived in the Philippines in 1565, during the reign of Philip II of Spain, whose name has remained attached to the country. The Spanish colonial period ended with the defeat of Spain by the United States in the Spanish–American War , which marked the beginning of the American colonial era of Philippine history.
In the 1560s, Philip II of Spain was faced with increasing religious disturbances as Protestantism gained adherents in his domains in the Low Countries. As a defender of the Catholic Church , he sought to suppress the rising Protestant movement in his territories, which eventually exploded into open rebellion in 1566.
The Francisco Hernández expedition (Spanish: Comisión de Francisco Hernández a Nueva España) is considered to be the first scientific expedition to the New World, led by Francisco Hernández de Toledo, a naturalist and physician of the Court of King Philip II, who was highly regarded in Spain because of his works on herbal medicine.
Pages in category "Children of Philip II of Spain". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Ferdinand II [b] (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516) was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband of Queen Isabella I of Castile, he was also King of Castile from 1475 to 1504 (as Ferdinand V ). He reigned jointly with Isabella over a dynastically unified Spain; together they are known as the Catholic Monarchs.
