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Maritime winds that aided Protestants over Catholics
The phrase Protestant Wind has been used in more than one context, notably:
- The storm that lashed the
Spanish Armada in 1588.
[1] The wind wrecked the Spanish fleet and thus saved England from invasion by the army of
Philip II of Spain. The
English made a commemorative medal saying '
He blew with His winds, and they were scattered'.
- The favourable winds that enabled
William of Orange to invade England (while keeping opposing ships in port)
[2] in 1688, when King
James II was deposed in the
Glorious Revolution.
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