On This Day: King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover... (1557)
On July 6, 1557: King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the city of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again....
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