Historical Events
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
Aug 7 English set alight eight fireships, with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder and tar, and cast them downwind towards the closely anchored vessels of the Spanish Armada, scattering the armada
- Aug 12 Commander of the English fleet Lord Howard of Effingham calls off chase of the Spanish Armada off coast of Scotland
- Aug 12 Radboud Castle on Medemblik harbor in North Holland surrenders to the Spanish army
