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'Defeat of the Armada: Queen Elizabeth on Her Way to the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's', (1558), 1890. 20 August 1588 Thanksgiving Service for England's Victory over the Spanish Armada which aimed to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and Protestantism in England, English guns damaged the Armada and a Spanish ship was captured by Sir Francis Drake. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)