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Events on August 17 in history

1597Aug, 17

Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.

The Islands Voyage, also known as the Essex-Raleigh Expedition, was an ambitious, but unsuccessful naval campaign sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England, and supported by the United Provinces, against Spain during the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War.

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Events on 1597

  • 5Feb

    Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan

    A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
  • 24Jun

    Banten (town)

    The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Banten, Java.[citation needed]
  • 26Oct

    Battle of Myeongnyang

    Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.