What Do You Know About Spanish Armada, The Black Death And Bloody Assizes?

Spanish Armada:

A naval expedition fitted out by Philip II of Spain in 1588 against England commanded by the Duke of Medina, Sidonia. It comprised 129 ships, of which 65 were each of more than 700 tons; it was manned by 8,000 sailors and carried 19,000 soldiers, and more than 2,000 canons, with food for 40,000 men for six months. Against this formidable force, Elizabeth had only 80 ships, managed by 9,000 sailors under Lord Howard of Effingham. The excellent maneuvering of the English, their fire ships, and a gale from the N.W. combined so effectively to cripple the Spanish ships that at length the Armada was scattered in helpless confusion.

The Back Death:

It was a terrible plague which visited England in 1348 and 1349 and carried away more than one-third of the population. In the crowded streets of the towns and the hovels of the country the people died so fast that it was difficult to bury them.

Bloody Assizes:

The special series of trials presided over by Judge Jeffrey's, when a large number of rebels, who had been concerned in the Monmouth Rebellion, were sentenced to death without any trial. Several others were condemned to be sold as slaves. The whole number of those who perished in the Bloody Assizes was 320, whilst 841 were transported to the West Indian islands to work hard under a broiling sun still they died.

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