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Chronology of the Wars of the Roses
King Henry VI, Somerset, Northumberland and Clifford - Lancastrians
Duke of York, Warwick, Salisbury - Yorkists
| 1450 May-July | Jack Cade's Revolt. | |
| 1450 August | Return of Richard Duke of York from Ireland. | |
| 1451 spring | John and William Merfold's Uprising. | |
| 1453 December | Henry VI first bout with mental illness. | |
| 1454 April | Start of Richard Duke of York's first protectorate. | |
| 1455 February | End of Richard Duke of York's first protectorate. | |
| 1455 22 May | First Battle of St Albans | Decisive Yorkist victory. Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, killed. Richard Duke of York re-appointed Protector. |
| 1456 | End of Richard Duke of York's second protectorate. |
1459 23 September: Battle of Blore Heath. Yorkist victory.
1459 12 October: Battle of Ludford Bridge. Lancastrian victory. Richard Duke of York flees to Ireland.
1460 15 January: Battle of Sandwich. Decisive Yorkist victory.
1460 10 July: Battle of Northampton. Decisive Yorkist victory. Henry VI captured. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (“Kingmaker”), orders massacre of prisoners. Margaret of Anjou flees to Wales.
1460 10 October: Richard Duke of York declared heir to the throne. Margaret of Anjou raises a new army.
1460 25 October: Parliament enacts The Act of Accord
1460 16 December: Battle of Worksop. Small Lancastrian victory.
1460 30 December: Battle of Wakefield. Decisive Lancastrian victory. Richard Duke of York killed, and succeeded by his son Edward.
1461 2 February: Battle of Mortimer's Cross. Decisive Yorkist victory.
1461 17 February: Second Battle of St Albans. Lancastrian victory. Henry VI rescued.
1461 4 March: Edward of York proclaimed king Edward IV, in London.
1461 28 March: Battle of Ferrybridge. Indecisive
1461 29 March: Battle of Towton. Decisive Yorkist victory. Henry VI, his wife Margaret of Anjou, and son Edward, the Prince of Wales, flee to Scotland.
1464 25 April: Battle of Hedgeley Moor. Yorkist victory.
1464 15 May: Battle of Hexham. Decisive Yorkist victory.
1465 24 June: Henry VI captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
1469 26 July: Battle of Edgecote Moor. Rebel (York) victory.
1470 12 March: Battle of Losecoat Field. Royal (York) Victory.
1470 1 May: Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (“Kingmaker”), flees to France. He joined forces with Margaret of Anjou and returns to England.
1470 13 October: Henry VI restored to the throne.
1471 14 March: Edward IV flees to France and returns with a small army.
1471 14 April: Battle of Barnet. Yorkist victory. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (“Kingmaker”), killed.
1471 4 May: Battle of Tewkesbury. Decisive Yorkist victory. Edward, the Prince of Wales killed and his mother, Margaret of Anjou, captured.
1483 9 April: Edward IV dies, and is succeeded by his son Edward V.
1485 7 August: Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven in Wales.
1485 22 August: Battle of Bosworth Field. Decisive Tudor victory. King Richard III killed.
1485 30 October: Henry VII crowned at Westminster.
1486 18 January: Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marry, uniting the houses of Lancaster and York.
1487 16 June: Battle of Stoke Field. Decisive Tudor victory.