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1455 - 1487Wars of the Roses in England.
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28 Jan 1457Birth of Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, in Pembroke Castle, Wales.
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1485 - 1509Reign of Henry VII of England.
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8 Aug 1485Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, lands with an army of French mercenaries at Milford Haven in South Wales.
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22 Aug 1485Henry Tudor, future Henry VII of England, wins the Battle of Bosworth Field where Richard III of England is killed.
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30 Oct 1485Coronation of Henry VII of England in Westminster Abbey.
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1486Viscount Francis Lovell leads a failed rebellion in southeast England against Herny VII of England.
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18 Jan 1486Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV of England.n
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16 Jun 1487A rebellion against Henry VII of England led by the pretender Lambert Simnel is defeated at the Battle of East Stoke.
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1489 - 1492Henry VII of England sends a force to defend Brittany's independence from France.
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1489A rebellion against Henry VII of England is quashed in Thirsk, Yorkshire.
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Mar 1489Henry VII of England and King Ferdinand II of Aragon arrange for their children, Prince Arthur and Princess Catherine of Aragon, to marry at a future date.
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28 Jun 1491Future Henry VIII of England is born at Greenwich Palace.
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1497Henry VII of England supports John Cabot's pioneering voyage to the eastern coast of North America.
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Oct 1497A rebellion in Cornwall against Henry VII of England led by the pretender Perkin Warbeck is quashed.
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1498The explorer John Cabot makes his second voyage to the eastern coast of North America. Its outcome is not known.
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1499Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of Henry VII of England, is executed.
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14 Nov 1501Prince Arthur of England and Princess Catherine of Aragon marry.
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1502Prince Arthur, eldest son and heir of Henry VII of England, dies.
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2 Apr 1502Prince Arthur of England, first husband of Catherine of Aragon, dies of illness.
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Sep 1502Henry VII of England arranges for his second son Henry (future Henry VIII of England) to marry Catherine of Aragon at a future date.
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21 Apr 1509Death of Henry VII of England at Richmond Palace, England.
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24 Jun 1509Coronation of Henry VIII of England in Westminster Abbey.