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