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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard

1587 series of attacks by Francis Drake against the Spanish
Organization military_expedition Q957491
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Singeing the King of Spain's Beard

Summary

Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is a military expedition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of military_expedition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is in the country of Hispanic Monarchy[3].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is in the country of Kingdom of Portugal[4].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard's instance of is recorded as military expedition[5].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard took place at Bay of Cádiz[6].
  • The location of Singeing the King of Spain's Beard was Algarve[7].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard took place at Lisbon[8].
  • The location of Singeing the King of Spain's Beard was Azores[9].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is part of Anglo-Spanish War[10].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard began on April 12, 1587[11].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard ended on July 6, 1587[12].
  • Singeing the King of Spain's Beard's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.535, 'lon': -6.2975}[13].
  • A participant in Singeing the King of Spain's Beard was Kingdom of England[14].
  • Among those involved in Singeing the King of Spain's Beard was Iberian Union[15].

Body

Identity

Singeing the King of Spain's Beard is part of Anglo-Spanish War[10].

Why It Matters

Singeing the King of Spain's Beard ranks in the top 4% of military_expedition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Kingdom of England

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Hispanic Monarchy, Kingdom of Portugal
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35901|batch #35901]]: Singeing the King of Spain's Beard Spain,Hispanic Monarchy"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    End time → —
    Part of → —
    Start time → +1587-04-12T00:00:00Z
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293660905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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