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Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham

1536 - 1624

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Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham, KG (1536 – 14 December 1624), known as Lord Howard of Effingham, was an English statesman and Lord High Admiral under Elizabeth I and James I. He was commander of the English forces during the battles against the Spanish Armada and was chiefly responsible for the victory that saved England from invasion by the Spanish Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham is the 11,621st most popular politician (up from 12,259th in 2019). (up from 3,067th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ranks 11,621 out of 19,576Before him are Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, Sekula Drljević, Hermann Muhs, Erishum II, and Anatoly Chubais. After him are Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Lien Chan, Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Parthamaspates of Parthia, and Natalia Gutman.

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Among people born in 1536, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ranks 16Before him are Lucia Anguissola, Ignazio Danti, Leonardo Donato, Balthasar Russow, Juan Fernández, and Marcantonio Memmo. After him are Juan de Mariana, Juan de Fuca, Konoe Sakihisa, Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Caspar Olevian, and Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset. Among people deceased in 1624, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ranks 11Before him are Ahmad Sirhindi, Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Fukushima Masanori, Ketevan the Martyr, and Marco Antonio de Dominis. After him are Juan de Mariana, Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Francesco Contarini, Vicente Espinel, and Thomas van Erpe.

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