September 1563
Return from First Slaving Voyage
Hawkins returns from his first Atlantic slaving voyage
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Plymouth in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Hawkins returns from his first Atlantic slaving voyage
Sets sail in the Golden Hind
Appointed Mayor of Plymouth
Brought over to Plymouth from Colombia
Negotiations were abandoned, and the English fleet stood prepared, if ill-supplied, at Plymouth, awaiting news of Spanish movements
Negotiations were abandoned, and the English fleet stood prepared, if ill-supplied, at Plymouth, awaiting news of Spanish movements
The Armada was delayed by bad weather, forcing the four galleys and one of the galleons to leave the fleet, and was not sighted in England until 19 July, when it appeared off The Lizard in Cornwall.
The Spanish convened a council of war, where it was proposed to ride into the harbour on the tide and incapacitate the defending ships at anchor and from there to attack England; but Medina Sidonia declined to act because this had been explicitly forbidden by Philip, and decided to sail
The news was conveyed to London by a system of beacons that had been constructed all the way along the south coast. On that evening, the English fleet was trapped in Plymouth Harbour by the incoming tide.
on to the east and towards the Isle of Wight
The Armada was delayed by bad weather, forcing the four galleys and one of the galleons to leave the fleet, and was not sighted in England until 19 July, when it appeared off The Lizard in Cornwall.
The Spanish convened a council of war, where it was proposed to ride into the harbour on the tide and incapacitate the defending ships at anchor and from there to attack England; but Medina Sidonia declined to act because this had been explicitly forbidden by Philip, and decided to sail
The news was conveyed to London by a system of beacons that had been constructed all the way along the south coast. On that evening, the English fleet was trapped in Plymouth Harbour by the incoming tide.
on to the east and towards the Isle of Wight
Drake is waiting in Plymouth with 14 galleons & 50 other vessels
Sets sail for the Orinoco
Sets sail for America from Plymouth in the Mayflower
Appointed Governor of Plymouth
Ruyter wins a victory over George Ayscues channel squadron
Death of Robert Blake, while was entering Plymouth Harbour
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