Born
1452
Died
1485
Nationality
English
Events involving Richard III of England (12)
1471
ID: 2506
May 21, 1471
Murder of Henry VI in Tower - killed while at prayer, allegedly by Richard of Gloucester
ID: 2506
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
1483
ID: 2509
April 30, 1483
Richard intercepts Edward V at Stony Stratford - takes control of young king, arrests Woodville escorts
ID: 2509
1483
ID: 2510
June 13, 1483
Lord Hastings executed - Richard accuses him of treason at council meeting, immediate beheading
ID: 2510
1483
ID: 2511
June 22, 1483
Dr. Shaw's sermon at St. Paul's - declares Edward IV's children bastards, Richard rightful king
ID: 2511
1483
ID: 2512
June 26, 1483
Richard III accepts crown - Parliament petitions him to take throne, Princes in Tower never seen again
ID: 2512
1483
ID: 2513
July 6, 1483
Richard III crowned - lavish ceremony cannot hide questionable legitimacy, North supports, South suspicious
ID: 2513
1483
ID: 2514
October 1483
Buckingham's Rebellion - former ally rebels, crushed by rain and floods, Henry Tudor emerges as claimant
ID: 2514
1484
ID: 2515
April 9, 1484
Death of Edward of Middleham - Richard III's only son dies at 10, succession crisis deepens
ID: 2515
1485
ID: 2516
March 16, 1485
Death of Queen Anne Neville - Richard III's wife dies, rumors he poisoned her to marry niece
ID: 2516
1485
ID: 2518
August 22, 1485
Battle of Bosworth Field - Richard III killed fighting, crown found in hawthorn bush, Henry VII proclaimed on battlefield
ID: 2518
1485
ID: 2519
August 22, 1485
End of Plantagenet dynasty - after 331 years and 14 kings, last Plantagenet king dies crying 'Treason! Treason!'
ID: 2519