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Timeline. 1542 - 1591. Life of the Elizabethan adventurer, mariner and privateer Sir Richard Grenville. 1562. Richard Grenville is pardoned after killing a man during a riot. 1563. Richard Grenville serves as a Member of Parliament. 1568. Richard Grenville creates a plantation in the Munster region of Ireland.
- Richard Grenville - World History Encyclopedia
Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE) was an Elizabethan...
- Richard Grenville - World History Encyclopedia
8 de mar. de 2024 · Sir Richard Grenville (born June 15, 1542—died September 1591) was a colourful and daring English naval commander who fought heroically, against overwhelming odds, in a celebrated encounter with a Spanish fleet off Flores Island in the Azores. He fought with the imperial army against the Turks in Hungary (1566–68).
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Richard Grenville was born in Bideford in Devon, England in 1542 CE, the son of Roger Grenville, a member of the local gentry. Richard's nautical connections began with the death of his father, drowned in the infamous sinking of the Mary Rose, the flagship of Henry VIII of England(r. 1509-1547 CE). The ship capsized in the harbour of Portsmouth in ...
In 1585 CE Grenville commanded the fleet which sailed to North America carrying a group of England's first New World colonists. The expedition was masterminded by Grenville's cousin Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552-1618 CE) who had named their destination Virginia in honour of his queen after the first landing there in 1583 CE. Queen Elizabeth provided ...
In the summer of 1588 CE, Grenville fought with success in the battles to repel the Spanish Armada with which Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-1598 CE) hoped to conquer England. In 1591 CE England's policy against Spain was to attack their treasure ships laden with gold and silver from the New World. In this way, Philip II would be deprived of the resou...
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Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591), also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English privateer and explorer. Grenville was lord of the manors of Stowe, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon.
Richard Grenville (15 de junio de 1542-10 de septiembre de 1591) (alias Greynvile, Greeneville, Greenfield, etc.), señor de los feudos de Stowe, Kilkhampton en Cornualles y de Bideford en Devon, era un marinero inglés que, como capitán del Revenge, murió en la batalla de Flores, posiblemente por negarse a entregar su barco a los españoles ...
Sir Richard Grenville made two voyages to Roanoke Island in 1585 and 1586. Grenville was famous his voyages to Virginia and Roanoke Island and the Azores. Facts, Timeline & History about the life of Sir Richard Grenville - Explorer, Soldier and Privateer.
Sir Richard Grenville (26 de junio de 1600 - 21 de octubre de 1659) fue un soldado profesional de Cornualles que sirvió en la Guerra de los Treinta Años y en las Guerras de los Tres Reinos de 1638 a 1651.
