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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