Edward IV Timeline

1442

28h April - Edward, Earl of March, born at Rouen

1460

10th July - Battle of Northampton, Henry VI captured by Yorkists
30th December - Richard, Duke of York, killed after the Battle of Wakefield

1461

2nd February - Battle of Mortimers Cross
4th March - Henry deposed by Edward IV
29h March - Edward victorious at the Battle of Towton
28th June - crowned King Edward IV

1464

1st May - Henry married Elizabeth Woodville
July - Henry was captured by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and held captive at the Tower of London

1469

26th July - Battle of Edgecote Moor

1470

31st October - deposed by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick

1471

11th April - Edward was restored to the throne
14th April - Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick killed at the Battle of Barnet
4th May - Edward, Prince of Wales, killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury and Queen Margaret held captive
21st May - Henry killed at the Tower of London
11th April - Edward was restored to the throne

1475

Treaty of Pecquigny is signed with France

1478

Richard, Duke of Clarence, Edward’s brother is killed at the Tower of London

1483

9th April - Edward died at Westminster