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England then faced various problems, most notably the Hundred Years' War. A major challenge of the reign was the Peasants' Revolt in 1381, and the young king played a central part in the successful suppression of this crisis. Less warlike than either his father or grandfather, he sought to bring an end to the Hundred Years' War.
The Wars of the Roses 1455–1485 (PDF). Essential Histories. Vol. 54. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-491-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2013. Hicks, Michael (2010). The Wars of the Roses. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11423-2. Jones, Dan (2015). The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses And The Rise Of The Tudors ...
They landed on the morning of October 12. Columbus called this island San Salvador; its indigenous name was Guanahani. [52] The modern San Salvador Island [j] in the Bahamas is considered to be the most likely candidate for this island. [43] [k] Columbus wrote of the natives he first encountered in his journal entry of 12 October 1492:
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Part of the Wars of the Roses Battle of Bosworth Part of the Wars of the Roses Battle of Bosworth, as depicted by Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812); the painting dates to 1804 and the engraving dates to c. 1857 Date 22 August 1485 Location Near Ambion Hill, south of Market ...
The Battle of Wakefield took place in Sandal Magna near Wakefield in northern England, on 30 December 1460.It was a major battle of the Wars of the Roses.The opposing forces were an army led by nobles loyal to the captive King Henry VI of the House of Lancaster and his Queen Margaret of Anjou on one side, and the army of Richard, Duke of York, the rival claimant to the throne, on the other.
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The Battle of Sandwich was a naval skirmish off the town of Sandwich on the 15 January 1460 during the Wars of the Roses. In it, Sir John Dynham, Sir John Wenlock, and the Earl of Warwick, Captain of Calais, on the Yorkist side, defeated a Lancastrian fleet and captured several of its ships. Little evidence and few details of the battle survive.