TIMELINE OF... WARS OF THE ROSES
Mar 19, 2018
2 minutes
“THE RESULTING CLASH AT TOWTON IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST AND BLOODIEST BATTLE FOUGHT ON BRITISH SOIL”
22 May 1455
FIRST BATTLE OF ST ALBANS
The wars officially begin when a force led by Richard, Duke of York is intercepted at St Albans by a Lancastrian army including Henry VI and Edmund, Duke of Somerset. The battle is unconventionally fought in the streets. The Yorkists eventually prevail, Henry VI
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