en.unionpedia.org

Battle off Lizard Point, the Glossary

Index Battle off Lizard Point

The Battle off Lizard Point was a naval action which took place on 18 February 1637 off the coast of Cornwall, England, during the Eighty Years' War.[1]

Open in Google Maps

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: A Coruña, Action of 18 February 1639, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Calais, Cargo ship, Cornwall, Dieppe, Dunkirk, Dunkirkers, Dutch East India Company, Dutch Republic, Dutch States Navy, Eighty Years' War, English Channel, Frigate, Galleon, Jacob Collaert, Johan Evertsen, Lizard Point, Cornwall, Louis XIII, Man-of-war, Mardyck, Miguel de Horna, Venice.

  2. 1637 in England
  3. 17th century in Cornwall
  4. 17th-century military history of Spain
  5. 17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England
  6. Conflicts in 1637
  7. Eighty Years' War (1621–1648)
  8. Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War
  9. Naval battles of the Thirty Years' War

A Coruña

A Coruña (La Coruña; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain.

See Battle off Lizard Point and A Coruña

Action of 18 February 1639

The action of 18 February 1639 was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War fought off Dunkirk between a Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Maarten Tromp and the Spanish Dunkirk Squadron under Miguel de Horna. Battle off Lizard Point and action of 18 February 1639 are Eighty Years' War (1621–1648), naval battles involving Spain, naval battles involving the Dutch Republic, naval battles of the Eighty Years' War and naval battles of the Thirty Years' War.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Action of 18 February 1639

Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Amsterdam

Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Bordeaux

Calais

Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Calais

Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Cargo ship

Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Cornwall

Dieppe

Dieppe (Norman: Dgieppe) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Dieppe

Dunkirk

Dunkirk (Dunkerque, Duunkerke, Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Dunkirk

Dunkirkers

During the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), the Dunkirkers or Dunkirk Privateers were commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish monarchy and later the Kingdom of France.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Dunkirkers

Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Dutch East India Company

Dutch Republic

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Dutch Republic

Dutch States Navy

The Dutch States Navy (Staatse vloot) was the navy of the Dutch Republic from 1588 to 1795.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Dutch States Navy

Eighty Years' War

The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Eighty Years' War

English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

See Battle off Lizard Point and English Channel

Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Frigate

Galleon

Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in Spain and first used as armed cargo carriers by Europeans from the 16th to 18th centuries during the Age of Sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-17th century.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Galleon

Jacob Collaert

Jacob Collaart or Collaert (floruit c. 1625–1637) was a Flemish admiral who served as privateer and one of the Dunkirkers in Spanish Habsburg service during the Dutch Revolt. Battle off Lizard Point and Jacob Collaert are Eighty Years' War (1621–1648).

See Battle off Lizard Point and Jacob Collaert

Johan Evertsen

Johan Evertsen (1 February 1600 – 5 August 1666) was a Dutch admiral who was born in the 17th century.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Johan Evertsen

Lizard Point, Cornwall

Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Lizard Point, Cornwall

Louis XIII

Louis XIII (sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Louis XIII

Man-of-war

In Royal Navy jargon, a man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a powerful warship or frigate of the 16th to the 19th century, that was frequently used in Europe.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Man-of-war

Mardyck

Mardyck (Dutch: Mardijk, Mardyk) is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Mardyck

Miguel de Horna

Miguel de Horna was a 17th-century Spanish admiral, originally from Navarre in Northern Spain.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Miguel de Horna

Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

See Battle off Lizard Point and Venice

See also

1637 in England

17th century in Cornwall

17th-century military history of Spain

17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England

Conflicts in 1637

Eighty Years' War (1621–1648)

Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War

Naval battles of the Thirty Years' War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Lizard_Point