July 19 - the Spanish Armada is sighted by the English off the coast of Cornwall[1]
July 21 - The first engagement between the English and Spanish fleets, off
Plymouth, results in an English victory. The English fleet is under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham with Sir
Francis Drake as
Vice Admiral.
July 23 - The English and Spanish fleets meet again, off
Portland; the English again have the better of it.
August 2 - The fleeing Spanish fleet sails past the
Firth of Forth and the English call off their pursuit. Much of the Spanish fleet will be destroyed by storms as it sails for home around
Scotland and
Ireland.
September 23-November 13 -
Siege of Bergen op Zoom: Spanish siege defeated by Anglo-Dutch garrison
October 26 -
Conspiracy of the Maharlikas: plot against Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines. Governor-General
Santiago de Vera is informed of the plot by Captain Pedro Sarmiento, encomendero of Calamianes. De Vera orders the arrest and execution of the conspirators.