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  Spanish Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1571, Spanish and Venetian warships, joined by volunteers across Europe, led by Charles's illegitimate son Don John of Austria annihilated the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto, in one of the most decisive battles in naval history.
Portugal had rebelled in 1640 under the leadership of John IV of Portugal, a Braganza pretender to the throne.
The Rif Berbers rebelled led by Abdelkrim, a former officer for the Spanish administration.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_Empire   (8524 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Spanish Armada
Meanwhile the Protestant party in the Netherlands began to rebel in 1566, and was subsidized by England.
There were about sixty warships in either fleet, but in number and weight of guns, the advantage was with the English, and in gunnery and naval tactics there was no comparison at all.
On the other hand, as the pope and all among whom they lived had been of the same mind, it was evidently unjust to blame their want of political insight too harshly.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01727c.htm   (2618 words)

  
 Summary and Evaluation of China, Korea & Japan to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
People rebelled when he broke his promise to end the war, and the fleeing Sui emperor was assassinated in 618.
However, Prince Zhu Di of Yan rebelled in the north and eventually won the civil war in 1402 to become Emperor Yongle.
The rebel Zhang Xianzhong ruled Sichuan tyrannically and was defeated and killed in 1647.
www.san.beck.org /3-13-Summary.html   (16017 words)

  
 E.F.N.I. Earth Force Naval Intelligence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Maybe the most powerful warship of the Younger races, surely a term of paragon for every other ship, the Sharlin, and its updated and enlarget variant, the Shargoti, are the fundament of the Minbari military power.
This section presents The "Maximus" battlecruiser, one of the most effective warships in the actual space lanes, a break-even point and a symbol for the Centauri Navy.
One of the most interesting points of this design is that it was thought not only as a new production unit, but essentially as a conversion even for the older batches of ships, and introduced new concepts, both technologycal and industrial, that were materialised, more than ten years later, by the Omega destroyers.
efni.org   (2848 words)

  
 Ex Astris Scientia - Klingon Ship Classes
The CGI model for it is in fact the same as that of the later D5 cruiser (ENT: "Judgment") with eight underslung deuterium tanks.
The alleged rebel transport was actually carrying refugees and appeared in ENT: "Judgment".
It is commonly accepted, yet not strictly canon, that Klingons acquired Romulan technology (including the cloaking device) during a brief alliance in exchange for Klingon ships for the Romulans, as seen in TOS: "The Enterprise Incident".
www.ex-astris-scientia.org /schematics/klingon_ships.htm   (4046 words)

  
 STAR WARS: Warships of the Empire: Catalogue
This vessel is not strictly a warship, though its shape and the armoured character of its hull suggest that it was designed to be durable in a warzone or other conditions where attack is likely.
These included at least two types of warships which are not recognisable from previous graphical works: three specimens of a small destroyer design and a different ship which may be a heavy destroyer or light cruiser, visible at an indeterminate distance.
From the Emperor's throne room, the Imperial warships were visible as streaks and dots against the starfield, before the rebels closed to point-blank range.
www.theforce.net /swtc/dagger.html   (14087 words)

  
 DownTime the pilots lounge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Working with a rebel cell on Ralltir, they took control of the ship and joined up with the Rebellion.
Moor, an Alderaanian, would join the Rebel Alliance and fly with Rogue Squadron on a series of mi/ssions against hidden Imperial strongholds.
A Rebel Alliance convoy on the way to Hoth was attacked at Derra IV by an Imperial squadron including Major Soontir Fel and 181
downtime.echostation.com /timeline.htm   (3896 words)

  
 Timeline 1661-1699
Bacon's Rebellion came in response to the governor's repeated refusal to defend the colonists against the Indians.
The "Grand Alliance" was formed to counter the war of aggression launched by Louis XIV against the Palatinate states in Germany.
This is known as The War of the League of Augsburg (1689-97) also The Nine Years' War, and the War of the Grand Alliance.
www.timelines.ws /1661_1699.HTML   (13757 words)

  
 StarCraft Legacy - StarCraft Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thirteen hours after the evacuation of Mar Sara, Protoss warships took up orbit around the colony and unleashed a massive planetary bombardment.
I've picked up several dozen Protoss warships descending upon Tarsonis.
They seem to be heading on a direct course to the primary Zerg Hive.
www.sclegacy.com /encyclopedia/starcraft_story.php   (9872 words)

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