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Date
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Event
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1450
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August 1450
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Return of Richard, Duke of York from Ireland
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1453
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December 1453
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Henry VI of England has first bout with mental illness
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1454
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April 1454
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Richard, Duke of York, named Protector
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December 1454
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Henry VI regains mental health and dismisses Richard
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1455
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22 May 1455
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Richard, Duke of York, defeats royal army at the battle of First St. Albans; Takes control of England
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November 1455
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Henry VI has another bout with insanity; Never fully recovers
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1456
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1456
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Queen Margaret takes Henry VI to Lancastrian strongholds to rally support
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1459
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October 1459
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Royal army defeats Yorkist force near Ludlow; York flees to Ireland
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1460
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June 1460
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Yorkist army invades from Calais and occupies London
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10 July 1460
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Yorkists take Henry VI prisoner at Northampton
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30 December 1460
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Richard, Duke of York, claims the throne but is killed at the battle of Wakefield
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1461
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4 March 1461
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Edward, Earl of March, claims throne as Edward IV
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29 March 1461
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Edward IV defeats Lancastrian army at Towton; Henry VI flees to Scotland
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1464
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June 1464
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Edward IV wins the battle of Hexham; Regains castles in Northumberland and negotiates truce with Scotland
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1465
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July 1465
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Henry VI betrayed and captured in Lancashire
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1469
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26 July 1469
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Richard Neville defeats royal army at battle of Edgecote Moor; Edward IV captured
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September 1469
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Richard forced to release Edward IV to suppress a Lancastrian revolt
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1470
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12 March 1470
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Royal army defeats rebel army led by Sir Robert Welles at battle of Losecoat Field
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30 October 1470
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Richard Neville assists Henry VI in regaining the throne
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4 November 1470
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Edward V born
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1471
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14 April 1471
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Richard Neville killed at battle of Barnet; Edward IV regains the throne
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4 May 1471
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Lancastrian army destroyed at battle of Tewkesbury; Prince Edward, the Lancastrian heir, killed
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21 May 1471
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Henry VI dies in Tower of London; Likely executed
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1483
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9 April 1483
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Edward IV dies; Edward V succeeds with the Duke of Gloucester as regent
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June 1483
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Parliament declares Edward V illegitimate
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6 July 1483
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Richard, Duke of Gloucester and brother of Edward IV, crowned king as Richard III
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August 1483
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Sons of Edward IV disappear from the Tower of London; Likely murdered by Richard III
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1485
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7 August 1485
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Henry Tudor lands with an army at Milford Haven in Wales
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18 August 1485
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Henry Tudor enters England with his army
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22 August 1485
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Henry Tudor defeats and kills Richard III at battle of Bosworth; Tudor crowned Henry VII
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11 October 1485
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Henry VII offers pardons to most of Richard III's followers
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1487
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16 June 1487
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Henry VII defeats Yorkist rebellion at battle of Stoke; End of the Wars of the Roses
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