An overview of key events during the Wars of the Roses, spanning from the birth of Henry VI to the rule of Henry VII. This document is helpfully colour coded, separating the timeline into different periods.
YEAR EVENT
1422 Birth of H6, made king at nine months old
1437 H6 assumed majority
1444 Truce of Tours, marriage between H6 and Margaret of Anjou agreed
1450 Loss of Normandy, Duke of Suffolk killed, Cade’s Rebellion
1453 H6’s stupor, DoY P1
1454 H6 recovers
1455 First Battle of St. Albans (death of key Lancs, e.g. Somerset)
1456 DoY P2
1457 PoW’s council takes control, Parl. Move to Coventry
1458 Loveday
1459 Parl. of Devils
1459 Battle of Blore Heath, Rout of Ludford Bridge
1460 Battle of Northampton, The Accord, Battle of Wakefield
1461 Battle of Mortimer’s Cross, Second Battle of St. Albans, E4 assumption, Battle of Towton
1461 Security of E4’s rule, campaigns against Lancs. in the North
1464 Yorkist victories at Hedgley Moor and Hexham, Marriage of E4 to EW
1465 EW’s coronation
1469 Robin of Redesdale, Battle of Edgecote Moor, Marriage of Clarence to Isabel Neville
1470 Readeption of H6, Marriage of PoW to Anne Neville
1471 Battle of Barnet (death of W), Battle of Tewksbury (death of PoW), E4 reclaims throne
1471 Start of E4’s personal rule, The Black Book
1472 L11 invades Brittany, Brit+Eng alliance, parl. granted tax for war
1473 Further taxation, truce agreed between Eng+Scot, John de Vere and Thomas Clifford opp.
1474 Truce between Eng+Hans.League, Treaty of London, Beauchamp inheritance settled
1475 Eng. Invades France + advances without support supplied by Burg, Treaty of Picquigny
1476 Death of Isabel Neville
1477 Arrest of Ankarette Twynho
1478 Death of Clarence, the Ordinance
1480 Treaty between Eng+Burg, France stopped paying pension
1481 France resumed pension
1483 Death of E4
1483 E5 + Rivers travel, DoG controls, E5 moved to ToL, DoY put there, R3 becomes king, Buck’s rebellion
1484 Act of Attainder, Death of R3’s son
1485 Death of Anne Neville, emergence of H7, Battle of Bosworth (death of R3)
1486 H7 claims throne (dated reign from 21/08), marriage of H6 and EoY
1486 Lovell/Stafford Uprising
1487 Emergence of Lambert Simnel, Battle of Stoke
1489 Death of EoNorthumberland, start of Yorkshire Uprising
1491 Perlin Warbeck appears in Ireland
1492 C7 invites Warbeck to France, Treaty of Étaples
1493 Warbeck travels
1495 Execution of Sir William Stanley, Warbeck fails at Kent and Ireland, Warbeck goes to Scotland
1496 J6 and Warbeck invade the North
1497 Rebellion in Cornwall, Warbeck rejected from Scotland, surrender of Warbeck
1498 Warbeck escaped and is recaptured
1499 Executions of Warbeck and Warwick
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