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Chronology of the Wars of the Roses

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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 Mar	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 Oct	Henry VI restored to the throne.
1471 14 Mar	Edward IV flees to France and returns with a small army.
1471 14 Apr	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 Apr	Edward IV dies, and is succeeded by his son Edward V.
1485 7 Aug	Henry Tudor lands at Milford Haven in Wales.
1485 22 Aug	Battle of Bosworth Field.	Decisive Tudor victory. King Richard III killed.

1485 30 Oct	Henry VII crowned at Westminster.
1486 18 Jan	Henry VII and Elizabeth of York marry, uniting the houses of Lancaster and York.
1487 16 Jun	Battle of Stoke Field.	Decisive Tudor victory.

King Henry VI, Somerset, Northumberland and Clifford - Lancastrians
Duke of York, Warwick, Salisbury - Yorkists

Beaufort, Edward III, Edward IV, Henry VI, Lancaster, Margaret of Anjou, Neville, Wars of the Roses, York