Richard III of England
king of England from 1483 to 1485
19 dated entries naming Richard III of England, drawn from 13 separate years between 1415 CE and 1495 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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15th century
- 1415May 3 – Cecily Neville, English duchess, mother of Edward IV and Richard III of England (died 1495)source
- 1443May 17 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1460)source
- 1449October 21 – George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England (died 1478)source
- 1452October 2 – King Richard III of England (died 1485)source
- 1456June 11 – Anne Neville, queen consort of Richard III of England (died 1485)source
- 1460December 30 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (born 1443)source
- 1474December 26 – The betrothal of the son of King James III of Scotland and King Edward IV of England is formalized by proxy. After King Edward dies, the planned marriage is called off by the new monarch, Richard III.source
- 1478February 18 – George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)source
- 1482August 1 – In the Anglo-Scottish Wars, Richard, Duke of Gloucester invades Scotland, and captures Edinburgh.source
- 1483June 25 – On the day of his scheduled coronation, 12-year-old King Edward V is deposed by his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who is acclaimed by the English Parliament as King Richard III.source
- 1483July 6 – Richard III and Anne Neville are crowned king and Queen of England, at Westminster Abbey.source
- 1483October 10 – In England, a rebellion is started by Duke of Buckingham, against King Richard III. Fighting between the supporters of King Richard and of the late King Edward IV lasts for more than six weeks.source
- 1483December 25 – At Rennes Cathedral in France, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, leader of the House of Lancaster after Richard III of England of the House of York had seized the throne, pledges to marry Elizabeth of York, the eldest daughter the late King Edward IV, in order to strengthen his support for the overthrow of King Richard.source
- 148421 August – John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, is appointed Lieutenant in Ireland by his uncle Richard III of England.source
- 148415 December – The city of Galway is granted a royal charter and mayoralty by Richard III of England.source
- 1485March 16 – Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (born 1456)source
- 1485August 22 – King Richard III of England (born 1452) — killed in the Battle of Bosworth Fieldsource
- 1485August 22 – At the Battle of Bosworth Field, King Richard III of England is killed in battle by the soldiers of Rhys ap Thomas and Sir William Stanley, in the service of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. With the death of King Richard, the Yorkist troops retreat. King Richard's remains will lie undiscovered for 517 years until 2012when they are found during the excavation of a parking lot in Leicester.source
- 1495May 31 – Cecily Neville, English duchess, mother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England (born 1415)source
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