Protestant Wind
{{short description|Maritime winds that aided Protestants over Catholics}}
The phrase Protestant Wind has been used in more than one context, notably:
- The storm that lashed the Spanish Armada in 1588.[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570768_10/Europe.html Europe – MSN Encarta] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028103407/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570768_10/Europe.html |date=2009-10-28 }} The wind wrecked the Spanish fleet and thus saved England from invasion by the army of Philip II of Spain. The English made a commemorative medal saying 'He blew with His winds, and they were scattered'.
- The favourable winds that enabled William of Orange to invade England (while keeping opposing ships in port){{Cite book
| last1 = O'Gorman
| first1 = Frank
| title = The Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History 1688-1832.
| location = London
| publisher = Arnold
| year = 1997
| page = [https://archive.org/details/longeighteenthce0000ogor/page/31 31]
| isbn = 0-340-56751-1
| url = https://archive.org/details/longeighteenthce0000ogor/page/31
}} in 1688, when King James II was deposed in the Glorious Revolution.