Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s
Years: 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 - 1460 - 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465
Events
- March 6 - Treaty of Alcacovas - Portugal gives Castile the Canary Islands in exchange for claims in West Africa
- June - The Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of York, land in England with an army and seize London.
- July 18 - Battle of Northampton[?] - Warwick and March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry. It is agreed that York will be Henry's heir, disinheriting the King's son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales[?].
- December 30 - Battle of Wakefield - A Lancastrian army under Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset[?] and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland[?] defeats a Yorkist army under the Duke of York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland[?]. Both York and Rutland are killed, the latter murdered after the battle. York's son Edward becomes leader of the Yorkist faction.
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