Major Events:

Persons:

 

 

 

1414

Council of Constance (to 1418)

Reigns of Kings:

1415

Battle of Agincourt

Henry IV (1399-1413)

1420

Treaty of Troyes

Henry V (1413-1422)

1431

Joan of Arc burnt

Henry VI (1422-1461; 1471)

1450

Jack Cade's rebellion

Edward IV (1461-1470; 1471-1483)

1455

The Wars of the Roses (to 1485)

Edward V (1483)

1455

Battle of St. Albans

Richard III (1483-1485)

1471

Battle of Tewkesbury

Henry VII (1485-1509)

1471

Henry VI murdered in Tower (end of House of Lancaster)

Other persons:
John Dunstable (c.1390-1453)

1476

Caxton's printing press

Richard Earl of Warwick ("Kingmaker")

1485

Battle of Bosworth Field (end of House of York)

Henry Duke of Buckingham, rebel against Richard III

1486

Marriage of Henry VII Tudor and Elizabeth of York

Jack Cade, rebel against Henry VI

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