1460 in England - Events

Events

  • 1460
    • 15 January - French raid Sandwich, Kent and capture the royal fleet.
    • 10 July - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Northampton, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry VI.
    • 10 October - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York claims the throne in London.
    • 24 October - Parliament passes the Act of Accord, proclaiming Richard of York as the heir to the throne.
    • 30 December - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Wakefield, a decisive Lancastrian victory is won and Richard of York is killed.
  • 1461
    • 2 February - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Mortimer's Cross, Yorkist troops led by Edward, Earl of March defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper.
    • 17 February - Wars of the Roses: At the Second Battle of St Albans, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who recovers control of her husband.
    • 4 March - Edward, Earl of March proclaimed as King Edward IV of England in London.
    • 28 March - Wars of the Roses: The indecisive Battle of Ferrybridge is fought.
    • 29 March - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Towton, the bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil, the Earl of March defeats Queen Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne.
    • 25 April - Henry cedes Berwick upon Tweed to Scotland.
    • 28 June - Coronation of King Edward IV.
    • Cirencester Grammar School is founded by Lawrence Booth, Prince-bishop of Durham.
  • 1462
    • 25 October - Queen Margaret leads an abortive invasion of northern England with French support.
  • 1463
    • 8 October - Truce of Hesdin ends French support for the Lancastrians.
    • Importation of foreign playing cards banned to protect English manufacturers.
  • 1464
    • 25 April - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Hedgeley Moor, Yorkist forces under John Neville defeat Lancastrians under Sir Ralph Percy, who is killed.
    • 1 May - Edward IV secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville. He keeps the marriage a secret until 14 September.
    • 15 May - Wars of the Roses: At the Battle of Hexham, Neville defeats the Lancastrian army.
    • 11 June - Fifteen year-truce with Scotland signed.
  • 1465
    • May - Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville as Queen Consort.
    • 24 July - Former King Henry VI is captured by Yorkist forces and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
    • Reform of the coinage, including introduction of the Angel and the Rose Noble.
    • Re-foundation of Queen's College, Cambridge by Queen Elizabeth.
  • 1466
    • Foundation of St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury, Berkshire.
  • 1467
    • Archbishop George Neville dismissed as Chancellor of England.
  • 1468
    • 3 July - marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy to Margaret of York, sister of Edward IV.
    • 29 July - Hansa merchants expelled from London; Anglo-Hanseatic War breaks out with the Hanseatic League.
    • First recorded English use of the rack in torture.
  • 1469
    • June - A Lancastrian revolt led 'Robin of Redesdale' spreads from Yorkshire to Lancashire.
    • July - Earl of Warwick joins the rebels.
    • 26 July - Wars of the Roses: Lancastrian victory at the Battle of Edgecote Moor.
    • 29 July - King Edward arrested and imprisoned after his army abandons him.
    • September - Edward released following widespread rioting.

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