Richard Halighwell

Richard Halighwell

Male 1460 - 1506  (46 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1422 
  • 1422—1461: King Henry VI
    {\n}King Henry VI ( 1422 - 1461 ) {\n}{\n}1422 - Henry becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry V, and then, two months later, King of France on the death of his grandfather, Charles VI.{\n}1422 - John, Duke of Bedford, is appointed Regen
  • 9 Jan 1422—5 Mar 1461: Henry VI
    House of Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line: 9-month old only son of Henry V, deposed 1461by Edward IV (Duke of York) after defeat of Lancastrians at Mortimer's Cross on Feb 2, 1461. Died in Tower
1460 
  • 8 Mar 1460—3 Aug 1460: King Jmes II of Scots killed by an exploding cannon at Kelso
1461 
  • 1461—1483: King Edward IV
    King Edward IV ( 1461 - 1483 ) {\n}{\n}1461 - Edward defeats the Lancastrian army at Mortimers Cross and is proclaimed King by his cousin Warwick, "The Kingmaker", in succession to Henry VI.{\n}1464 - Edward marries Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of a com
  • 3 May 1461—29 Sep 1483: Edward IV
    House of York: Great-great-grandson of Edward III, son of Duke of York
1465 
  • 1465—1465: Irish living near English settlements made to take English surnames
  • 1465—1465: In Germany, drypoint engravings invented
1468 
  • 1468—1468: Orkney and Shetland Islands acquired from Norway by Scotland
1472 
  • 1472—1472: St. Andrews made a bishopric
1475 
  • 1475—1475: Muzzle-loaded rifles invented in Italy and Germany
1476 
  • 1476—1476: Caxton sets up press in Westminster
10 1483 
  • 1483—1483: King Edward V
    King Edward V ( 1483 ) {\n}{\n}1483 - On the death of Edward, the crown passes to his young son, Edward V {\n}1483 - Edward is declared illegitimate and deposed in favour of his uncle Richard.{\n}1483 - Edward and his younger brother Richard of York were
  • 1483—1485: King Richard III
    {\n}King Richard III ( 1483 - 1485 ) {\n}{\n}1483 - Richard succeeds his brother Edward IV after confining his two nephews, EdwardV and Richard, Duke of York, in the Tower of London{\n}1483 - The Duke of Buckingham is appointed Constable and Great Chamber
  • 4 Sep 1483—25 Jun 1483: Edward V
    House of York: Eldest son of Edward IV, murdered in Tower of London.
11 1484 
  • 1484—1484: Introduction of bail
    for defendants in legal courts. English first used for parliamentary statutes
12 1485 
  • 1485—1509: King Henry VII
    King Henry VII ( 1485 - 1509 ) {\n}{\n}1485 - Henry accedes to the throne after defeating Richard III of York at the Battle of Bosworth.{\n}1486 - Henry marries Elizabeth of York, thereby uniting the houses of York and Lancaster.{\n}1487 - Henry crushes a
  • 1485—22 Aug 1485: Battle of Bosworth Field
    King Richard III killed - beginning of the Tudors (Henry VII){\n}Formation of the yeoman of the Guard
  • 1485—1485: Leonardo DaVinci designed the first parachute
  • 8 1485—21 Apr 1508: Henry VII Gaunt
    House of Tudor: Son of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, whose father had married the widow of Henry V; descended from Edward III through is mother, Mary Beaufort via John of Gaunt. By marriage with daughter of Edward IV he united Lancaster and York
13 1486 
  • 1486—1486: In Venice, the first known copyright granted
14 1487 
  • 1487—1487: Bell chimes invented
15 1492 
  • 1492—1492: Leonardo da Vinci first to seriously theorize about flying machines
  • 1492—1492: Martin Behaim invented the first map globe
16 1494 
  • 1494—1494: Whiskey invented in Scotland
17 1495 
  • 1495—1495: Foundation of the University of Aberdeen (as King's College)
18 1497 
  • 1497—1497: Parish registers instituted in Spain by Cardinal Ximenes
  • 1497—1497: John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) explorations
    John Cabot explores Newfoundland and Cape Breton
19 1499 
  • 16 Nov 1499—16 Nov 1499: Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne, executed
20 1500 
  • 1500—1500: Gaspar de Corte-Real explorations
    Gaspar de Corte-Real sails around Newfoundland
  • 1500—1500: The first flush toilets appeared
21 1503 
  • 1503—1503: Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa (-1505)
  • 1503—1503: Marriage of King James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor
  • 28 May 1503—28 May 1503: Marriage of King James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor
22 1505 
  • 1505—1505: Royal College of Surgeons founded in Edinburgh
  • 1505—1505: Royal College of Surgeons founded in Edinburgh
23 1506 
  • 22 Jan 1506—22 Jan 1506: First contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican