Wyat’s Insurrection. 1554. Failed march on London vs Mary’s marriage to Philip II of Spain. Wyat (son of Thomas Wyat) beheaded.

Yeomen of the Guard. 1485 British Monarch’s bodyguard. Beef Eaters, Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London, 1669-.

Zinoviev Letter. 1924. From COMINTERN to London advising worker revolution. Labour defeated.

Aegospotami. 405BC. Naval battle, ends Peloponnesian War. Victory of Lysander vs Athens.

Anglo-Dutch Wars. 17-18C. Established England’s naval power, ended Dutch world power.

Blockade. Naval strategy preventing access to an enemy’s coast.

Coulomb, Charles de. 1736-1806. French naval engineer, defined unit of electricity. Electrical attraction 1785.

Cunningham, Andrew. 1883-1963. WWII admiral, British chief of naval staff 1943-6.

Decatur, Stephen. 1779-1820. US naval officer. -“Our country, right or wrong”.

Helgoland Bight, Battle. 1914. British defeat Germans in first WWI naval battle.

Java Sea, Battle. 1942. Japanese naval victory over Allies.

Jones, John Paul. 1747-92. Scottish/American US Revolutionary naval hero. -“I have not yet begun to fight”.

Lawrence, James. 1781-1813. US naval commander in War of 1812. -“Don’t give up the ship!”

Lepanto, Battle. 1571. Major Christian naval victory vs Turks, saving Cyprus.

Luckner, Felix. 1886-1966. German naval officer. Attacked commercial vessels in WWII.

Macdonough, Thomas. 1783-1825. Defeated British in Lake Champlain naval battle 1814.

Mahan, Alfred. 1840-1914. US naval officer/historian. Influence of Sea Power on History.

McClure, Robert. 1807-73. British naval commander. First Northwest Passage crossing by boat and sledge 1853-4.

Navarino, Battle. 1827. Greeks/Allies naval defeat of Egypt/Turks.

Salamis, Battle. 480BC. Greek naval victory over superior Persian fleet.

Sims, William. 1858-1936. US WWI naval commander.

Spanish Armada. 1588. English support Dutch Revolt. Philip II sends 129 ships against England. Howard, Drake, Hawkins, with 197 ships, chase the armada from English Channel, thanks to a NW gale. Spain declines as naval power. Wars of Religion.

Splendid Isolation. 1895-1902. Salisbury foreign policy. British naval strength required no ally.

Themistocles. c523-460BC. Athenian archon, naval leader 493-480BC. Defeated Persians at Salamis, 480. Rebuilt Acropolis. Started Piraeus harbour.

Tirpitz, Alfred von. 1849-1930. German naval minister 1897-1916. Built fleet to rival Royal Navy.

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