Wars of the Roses

1455

May 22, 1455

May 22, 1455:The First Battle of St Albans was the start of the Wars of the Roses

1460

Jul 10, 1460

Battle of North, on July 10, 1460: the Yorkist army under Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick capture King Henry

1461

Mar 4, 1461

March 4: Edward of York was declared King Edward IV in London

1470

Oct 3, 1470

3 October 1470, Henry IV was briefly restored to the throne of Engalnd

1471

Apr 14, 1471

The Battle of Barnet: King Edward wins the battle and Warwrck was killed

1471

May 4, 1471

Battle of Tewkesbury: King Edward IV wins a decisive victory and the Lancastrian male line are virtually destroyed. Edward, Prince of Wales was one of those who were killed

1471

May 22, 1471

The death of King Henry VI at the Tower of London. People belive he was muderd

1483

Apr 9, 1483

King Edward IV died April 9, 1483 at Westminster

1483

Apr 9, 1483

The young prince ascended the throne as Edward V when his father died in 9th April 1483. Prince Richard joined his brother Edward V at the Tower of London to await his coronation

1483

Jun 6, 1483

Edward V coronation was cancelled

1483

Jun 25, 1483

Parliament declared the two little princes illegitimate and, as next in line to the throne, their uncle and Protector, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was declared the true King.

1483

Jun 26, 1483

Richard, Duke of Gloucester was declared King Richard III

1484

Apr 9, 1484

Edward of Middleham, also known as Edward Plantagenet the only son of King Richard III of England died suddenly

1485

Apr 22, 1485

Battle of Bosworth Field: King Richard III was killed and his supporters defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire against Lancastrian forces led by Henry Tudor

1485

Aug 7, 1485

Richard was the last king of the Plantagenet family, who had ruled over England for more than three hundred years. Richard's defeat at Bosworth Field by Henry Tudor ended the Plantagenet dynasty and the War of the Roses and heralded the Tudor dynasty