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Events on Monday 28 October 1596 1
1596Spanish Armada of 1596 wrecked by stormSecond major invasion fleet against England destroyed off Cape FinisterreA 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.