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Categories: History of Cádiz, All articles needing additional references, 1587 in the British Empire, Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), Military expeditions
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard  Battle of Cadiz  Battle of Cádiz  Drake's 1587 expedition  singed the King of Spain's beard
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the derisive name given to a series of attacks by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish in the summer of 1587, beginning in April with a raid on Cádiz. Wikipedia
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is the derisive name given to a series of attacks by the English privateer Francis Drake against the Spanish in the summer of 1587, beginning in April with a raid on Cádiz. Wikipedia
Series of attacks by Francis Drake against the Spanish in 1587 Wikidata
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naval battle
PART OF
Anglo-Spanish War
COUNTRY
Spain
LOCATION
Azores
Lisbon
Bay of Cádiz
Algarve
PARTICIPANT
Drake
Iberian Union
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz
Kingdom of England
Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard
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Battle of Cadiz (1587), Battle of Cádiz (1587), Drake's 1587 expedition, singed the King of Spain's beard, Singeing the king of Spain's beard, The Singeing of the King of Spain's Beard

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