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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 Sep | Battle of Blore Heath | Yorkist victory. |
| 1459 12 Oct | Battle of Ludford Bridge | Lancastrian victory. Richard Duke of York flees to Ireland. |
| 1460 15 Jan | Battle of Sandwich | Decisive Yorkist victory. |
| 1460 10 Jul | 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 Oct | Richard Duke of York declared heir to the throne. Margaret of Anjou raises a new army. | |
| 1460 25 Oct | Parliament enacts The Act of Accord. | |
| 1460 16 Dec | Battle of Worksop | Small Lancastrian victory. |
| 1460 30 Dec | Battle of Wakefield | Decisive Lancastrian victory. Richard Duke of York killed, and succeeded by his son Edward. |
| 1461 2 Feb | Battle of Mortimer's Cross. | Decisive Yorkist victory. |
| 1461 17 Feb | Second Battle of St Albans. | Lancastrian victory. Henry VI rescued. |
| 1461 4 Mar | Edward of York proclaimed king Edward IV, in London. | |
| 1461 28 Mar | Battle of Ferrybridge. | Indecisive |
| 1461 29 Mar | 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 Apr | Battle of Hedgeley Moor. | Yorkist victory. |
| 1464 15 May | Battle of Hexham. | Decisive Yorkist victory. |
| 1465 24 Jun | Henry VI captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London. | |
| 1469 26 Jul | 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.