Timeline October 1596

Events in October 1596 3

• 1596 San Felipe incident in Japan Wrecked Spanish galleon triggers crackdown on Christianity The Spanish galleon San Felipe, blown off course en route from Manila to Acapulco, ran aground on the coast of Shikoku, Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered its cargo confiscated, and the incident fed suspicions that Christian missionaries served Spanish political interests, setting the stage for the execution of Japanese Christians the following year.
• 1596 Battle of Keresztes Ottoman forces rout a Habsburg-led Christian army in Hungary During the Long Turkish War, Sultan Mehmed III's Ottoman army defeated a combined Habsburg, Transylvanian, and allied Christian force near Keresztes in northern Hungary. The Christian army had nearly won before a collapse turned the battle into a decisive Ottoman victory. The defeat weakened the anti-Ottoman coalition for years afterward.
• 1596 Spanish Armada of 1596 wrecked by storm Second major invasion fleet against England destroyed off Cape Finisterre A Spanish fleet assembled to invade England or Ireland was scattered and wrecked by a storm shortly after sailing from Spain. Thousands of sailors and soldiers drowned and the expedition never reached its target. It was the second large Spanish armada to fail, following the disaster of 1588.