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Search this site Yale University YaleInfo Contact Us Ask! A Librarian Orbis Library Catalog Library hours Willliam Shakespeare The Spanish Armada, a term conventionally applied to a massive fleet dispatched against England by Spain's Catholic King Philip II in 1588, leading to a confrontation in the nearly 20-year Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604 Henry VIII, 1491–1547, king of England (1509–47), second son and successor of Henry VII. Raleigh or Ralegh, Sir Walter, 1554?–1618, English soldier, explorer, courtier, and man of letters Benjamin Jonson (circa June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. He is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, his lyrics, his influence on Jacobean and Caroline poets, his theory of humours, his contentious personality, and his friendship and rivalry with William Shakespeare. Lady Jane Grey, titular queen of England for nine days in 1553. The Spanish Armada is the term conventionally applied to a massive fleet dispatched against England by Spain's Catholic King Philip II in 1588, leading to an early and important confrontation in the nearly 20-year Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604