Capture of Cádiz (1596)

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battle military campaign naval expedition

The Capture of Cádiz (1596) was a major English-Dutch naval expedition during which forces under the Earl of Essex and Lord Howard of Effingham sacked and briefly occupied the Spanish port city of Cádiz, inflicting significant economic and symbolic damage on Spain.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Capture of Cadiz (1596) 1
Capture of Cádiz (1596) canonical 1
Essex expedition to Cadiz (1596) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
naval expedition ⓘ
action destruction of Spanish shipping and supplies ⓘ
sack of Cádiz ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capture of Cádiz (1596) ⓘ
surface form: Sack of Cádiz (1596)
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
commander Alonso de Bazán ⓘ
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ⓘ
Francisco de Mendoza ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
conflict Elizabethan naval war against Spain ⓘ
conflictType Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
date 1596 ⓘ
effect significant economic damage to Spain ⓘ
symbolic blow to Spanish prestige ⓘ
endDate July 1596 ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Sail ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 16th century ⓘ
landComponent assault and occupation of the city of Cádiz ⓘ
location Cadiz ⓘ
surface form: Cádiz, Spain
monarchOnEnglishSide Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
monarchOnSpanishSide Philip II of Spain ⓘ
navalComponent attack on Spanish fleet in Cádiz harbour ⓘ
notableAspect English and Dutch forces withdrew after sacking the city ⓘ
city was occupied only briefly ⓘ
objective attack on Spanish port of Cádiz ⓘ
disruption of Spanish maritime power ⓘ
outcome temporary occupation of Cádiz by Anglo-Dutch forces ⓘ
participant Dutch fleet ⓘ
English navy ⓘ
surface form: English Navy

Spanish Navy ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
place Cadiz ⓘ
surface form: Cádiz
relatedEvent Drake–Norris Expedition ⓘ
surface form: Drake–Norris Expedition (1589)

Capture of Cádiz (1596) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raid on Cádiz (1596 campaign)

Spanish Armada ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Armada (1588)
result Anglo-Dutch victory ⓘ
startDate June 1596 ⓘ
theatre Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
year 1596 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) → hasMajorEvent → Capture of Cádiz (1596) ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex → notableWork → Capture of Cádiz (1596) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Essex expedition to Cadiz (1596)
Capture of Cádiz (1596) → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Cádiz (1596) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sack of Cádiz (1596)
Capture of Cádiz (1596) → relatedEvent → Capture of Cádiz (1596) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raid on Cádiz (1596 campaign)
Francis Vere → battle → Capture of Cádiz (1596) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Capture of Cadiz (1596)