Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_de_Ulúa_(1568)" id="mwFQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568)">Battle of San Juan de Ulúa</a> near Veracruz.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_24#cite_note-1" id="mwFg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFw">[1]</span></a></sup>
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