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28 Apr 1442Birth of Edward of York, Earl of March, son of Richard, Duke of York and future Edward IV of England.
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1455 - 1487Wars of the Roses in England.
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10 Jul 1460A 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.
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24 Oct 1460The Act of Accord identifies Richard, Duke of York as the official heir of Henry VI of England.
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30 Dec 1460Richard, Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Wakefield.
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1461 - 1470First reign of Edward IV of England.
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17 Feb 1461A Yorkist army, led by the Earl of Warwick, is defeated at St. Albans. Henry VI of England is released from captivity.
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29 Mar 1461Edward of York wins the bloody Battle of Towton. Henry VI of England is deposed.
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28 Jun 1461Edward of York is crowned Edward IV of England at Westminster Abbey.
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1464A Lancastrian army is defeated at Hexam by Edward IV of England.
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1 May 1464Edward IV of England marries Elizabeth Woodville.
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Jul 1465The fugitive ex-king Henry VI of England is captured in Lancashire and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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26 Jul 1469The Earl of Warwick and Queen Margaret defeat King Edward IV’s army at Northampton in the Battle of Edgecote Moor.
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1470 - 1471Second reign of Henry VI of England.
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1470Birth of Prince Edward (eldest son of Edward IV of England), the future Edward V of England.
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11 Apr 1470Henry VI of England is reinstated as king (the ‘Readeption’).
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Oct 1470Second (English) coronation of Henry VI of England, this time in Saint Paul's Cathedral.
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1471 - 1483Second reign of Edward IV of England.
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1471Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is made Constable and Lord High Admiral by Edward IV of England.
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14 Apr 1471Edward IV of England wins the Battle of Barnet where the Earl of Warwick is killed.
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4 May 1471Henry 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.
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21 May 1471Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London.
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1472Edward IV of England makes his younger brother Richard the Duke of Gloucester.
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1473Birth of Prince Richard, second son of Edward IV of England.
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1474York Minster is completed.
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1474James III of Scotland arranges for his son James to marry Cecily, the daughter of Edward IV of England.
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1475The stone vaulted ceiling of Saint George's Chapel at Windsor Castle is built.
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Mar 1475Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France sign a peace treaty.
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1476Queen Margaret, wife of the late Henry VI of England, is released from confinement and returns to France.
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1477William Caxton opens England's first printing press.
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18 Feb 1478George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, is murdered in the Tower of London.n
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1482Richard, Duke of Gloucester, future Richard III of England, leads a successful campaign in Scotland which recaptures Berwick.
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1483 - 1485Reign of Richard III of England.
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Apr 1483 - Jun 1483Reign of Edward V of England.
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9 Apr 1483Edward IV of England dies of a stroke at Westminster.
