Tag: 1400s
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Perkin Warbeck, Who Attacked England in 1497, Declaring He Was the Lost Son of Edward IV, Was Hanged for His Plot to Overthrow Henry VII. November 23, 1499.
Image: 16th-century Depiction of Perkin Warbeck. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 23, 1499, Perkin Warbeck, who attacked England in 1497, declaring he was the lost son of Edward IV, was hanged for his plot to overthrow Henry VII. Perkin asserted, notably, to be the younger son of the late King Edward IV…
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King Richard III Was Defeated and Killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Thus Ushering in the House of Tudor. August 22, 1485
Image: Battle of Bosworth, as depicted by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812) (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, in the last battle of the War of the Roses, King Richard III was defeated and killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field by Henry Tudor, the Earl of Richmond. After the battle, the royal crown,…
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