Born
1442
Died
1483
Nationality
English
Events involving Edward IV of England (11)
1461
ID: 2496
February 2, 1461
Battle of Mortimer's Cross - Edward of York sees parhelion (three suns), adopts sun in splendor badge
ID: 2496
1461
ID: 2497
March 29, 1461
Battle of Towton - bloodiest battle on English soil, 28,000 dead in snowstorm, Edward IV wins throne
ID: 2497
1461
ID: 2498
June 28, 1461
Edward IV crowned - 19-year-old Yorkist king begins reign, Henry VI flees to Scotland
ID: 2498
1464
ID: 2499
May 1, 1464
Edward IV secretly marries Elizabeth Woodville - widow commoner instead of foreign princess, Warwick furious
ID: 2499
1469
ID: 2501
Warwick rebels against Edward IV - 'Kingmaker' switches sides, captures Edward at Edgecote
ID: 2501
1470
ID: 2502
October 1470
Readeption of Henry VI - Warwick restores mad king to throne, Edward IV flees to Burgundy
ID: 2502
1471
ID: 2503
March 14, 1471
Edward IV returns from exile - lands at Ravenspur like Henry IV, reclaims throne
ID: 2503
1471
ID: 2504
April 14, 1471
Battle of Barnet - Edward IV defeats Warwick in fog, Kingmaker killed, Oxford attacks own men
ID: 2504
1471
ID: 2505
May 4, 1471
Battle of Tewkesbury - Prince Edward killed, last Lancastrian heir dead, Margaret of Anjou captured
ID: 2505
1478
ID: 2507
February 18, 1478
Execution of George, Duke of Clarence - drowned in butt of malmsey wine in Tower for treason
ID: 2507
1483
ID: 2508
April 9, 1483
Death of Edward IV - dies suddenly at 40, names brother Richard as Protector for 12-year-old Edward V
ID: 2508