spanish armada

20th February 1569- Hatfield house A woman sat up in a Richly embroidered bed. She had right copper ringlets and piercing black eyes which seemed to stare disapprovingly even when the face below was smiling. She was holding a tiny baby wrapped in white and gold swaddle. The baby yawned and...

What if instead going directly to England, the Spanish together with their armada decides to take Ireland instead so it can be used as a launch pad for future invasion of Britain. Now if they succeed to take Ireland, how will this change Irish, Spanish and English history? Also their history...

The PoD is in 1588 the Armada on its way decisivly defeats the english at Plymouth. The duke of Parma is made to take the invasion effort seriously and so he takes Calais where the boarding wont be a problem. His troops land in southern England without further issue, defeats the english forces...

This is a scenario I've been thinking about for a while: The Spanish Armada was victorious in 1588, the Armada came by surprise against the English fleet, sailing near Cornwall, with the help of a great storm, which seriously damaged some English ships before the battle. After the English fleet...

will Industrialization still happen like in OTL if Spanish armada succeeded or Anglo Iberian union by son of Philip II and Mary I. How will Spanish crown treat English economy? would they create stock exchange, central bank and royal academy or would they suppress them?

would USA still come to exist like in OTL if Spanish armada succeeded or Anglo Iberian union by son of Philip II and Mary I. Since USA defeated fascism and communism will Spanish crown allow english to setup self governing colonies in North America ?

The Spanish Armada was one of the most famous events in Elizabethan Era. It saw King Philip II of Spain sent a large Armada of Spanish and Portuguese vassals to invade England, but failed due to weather and the English navy. It was seen as a national pride in England, while ruining the Spanish...

The Anglo-Spanish War (1585 - 1591) was held as the beginning of the end of The Protestant Heresy. After the execution of Mary Stuart, the rightful Queen of England and Scotland, King Philip II of Spain vowed to invade England and place a Catholic monarch on the throne, so he commissioned a...

Oh, hello there - wait, you're not Thande! Where am I? Don't worry, I'll let you go eventually... So what is this? It's a new timeline I'm writing, obviously! In particular, it is a TLIAM: Timeline in a month or so. I've set the deadline for finishing it - or at least reaching a certain point -...

With a POD no later than 1450, how much land in Europe could Spain have conquered, inherited, vassalized, or otherwise taken control of? The more contiguous the better. Could the entire Habsburg Empire, including the parts of Hungary it conquered after separating from Spain, have become part of...

Basically, I would be interested to know how much you can realistically screw Spain during the reign of Philip II, starting with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Lets make the Drake-Norris expedition succeed as much as realistic and Henri III of France survive is OTL assasination, therefore...

Well, I just finished this amazing video from emperor tigerstar, if you don't know his channel, please visit it and subscribe, he's one of my favorite historians and my favorite mapper This left me intrigued in fact, what if the second spanish armada wasn't caught by the storm, maybe sailing...

Assuming that the 'Grande y Felicísima Armada' can make it to the English Coast, what it would need to occupy England and get rid of Queen Elizabeth I and her protestant religion? Was it possible or the invasion was doomed from start?