Edward IV of England Timeline

Birth of Edward of York, Earl of March, son of Richard, Duke of York and future Edward IV of England.

Wars of the Roses in England.

A Yorkist army led by Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March defeats Queen Margaret’s army at Northampton. Henry VI of England is captured.

The Act of Accord identifies Richard, Duke of York as the official heir of Henry VI of England.

Richard, Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Wakefield.

First reign of Edward IV of England.

A Yorkist army, led by the Earl of Warwick, is defeated at St. Albans. Henry VI of England is released from captivity.

Edward of York wins the bloody Battle of Towton. Henry VI of England is deposed.

Edward of York is crowned Edward IV of England at Westminster Abbey.

A Lancastrian army is defeated at Hexam by Edward IV of England.

Edward IV of England marries Elizabeth Woodville.

The fugitive ex-king Henry VI of England is captured in Lancashire and imprisoned in the Tower of London.

The Earl of Warwick and Queen Margaret defeat King Edward IV’s army at Northampton in the Battle of Edgecote Moor.

Second reign of Henry VI of England.

Birth of Prince Edward (eldest son of Edward IV of England), the future Edward V of England.

Henry VI of England is reinstated as king (the ‘Readeption’).

Second (English) coronation of Henry VI of England, this time in Saint Paul's Cathedral.

Second reign of Edward IV of England.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is made Constable and Lord High Admiral by Edward IV of England.

Edward IV of England wins the Battle of Barnet where the Earl of Warwick is killed.

Henry VI of England’s only son Edward is killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury. Henry VI is imprisoned in the Tower of London by Edward IV of England.

Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London.

Edward IV of England makes his younger brother Richard the Duke of Gloucester.

Birth of Prince Richard, second son of Edward IV of England.

York Minster is completed.

James III of Scotland arranges for his son James to marry Cecily, the daughter of Edward IV of England.

The stone vaulted ceiling of Saint George's Chapel at Windsor Castle is built.

Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France sign a peace treaty.

Queen Margaret, wife of the late Henry VI of England, is released from confinement and returns to France.

William Caxton opens England's first printing press.

George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, is murdered in the Tower of London.n

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, leads a successful campaign in Scotland which recaptures Berwick.

Reign of Richard III of England.

Reign of Edward V of England.

Edward IV of England dies of a stroke at Westminster.