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Major Events

  • Apr 11 Wars of the Roses: King Edward IV of England seizes London from Henry VI
  • Apr 14 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Barnet - Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians and kill the Earl of Warwick
  • King Edward IV and his Yorkist troops are beseeched by a priest to stop the pursuit of their Lancastrian foes who requested sanctuary from the abbey
    Battle of Tewkesbury
    May 4 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV returns to his throne, restoring political stability to England until his death in 1483
  • May 21 King Edward IV enters London in triumph after victory at the Battle of Teekesbury with Queen Margaret as captive
  • Oct 10 Battle of Brunkeberg: Swedish regent Sten Sture defeats forces led by Danish King Christian I

Born in 1471

  • Feb 15 Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici [Piero the Unfortunate], Italian ruler of Florence (1492-94), born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1503) [1]
  • May 21 Albrecht Dürer, German Renaissance painter and printmaker (Adam and Eve), born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1528)
  • Jul 15 Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
  • Aug 27 George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony (1500-39), born in Meissen, Germany (d. 1539)
  • Oct 7 Frederik I, King of Denmark and Norway (1523-33), born in Gottorp, Denmark (d. 1533)

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