May 19 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England

May 12 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris France

May 13 King Henri III flees Paris

May 18 The Spanish Armada sets sail for England; it is defeated by England the following August

May 09 Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France

May 30 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England

Apr 04 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark

Apr 05 The birth of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher

Jul 21 English fleet defeats Spanish armada

Jul 29 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders

Jul 29 British general Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth

Jul 28 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I