Key Dates Henry VI

Question 1

When was Richard Duke of York Lieutenant in France?

Answer 1

1436-1437.

Question 2

When was Richard Duke of York Governor of France and Normandy?

Answer 2

1440-1445.

Question 3

When was the Treaty of Tours?

Answer 3

1444.

Question 4

When was the marriage of Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI?

Answer 4

1445.

Question 5

When was Henry VI supposed to give up Maine to the French?

Answer 5

1446.

Question 6

When was the death of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester?

Answer 6

1447.

Question 7

When was Somerset made Governor of France and Normandy?

Answer 7

1447.

Question 8

When was Richard Duke of York made Lieutenant in Ireland?

Answer 8

1447.

Question 9

When did Henry VI give up Maine to the French?

Answer 9

1448.

Question 10

When were Normandy, Formingy and Rouen lost?

Answer 10

1450.

Question 11

When did Suffolk die?

Answer 11

1450.

Question 12

When was Cade’s Rebellion?

Answer 12

July 1450.

Question 13

When did Richard Duke of York return to England after Cade’s Rebellion?

Answer 13

September 1450.

Question 14

When did Richard Duke of York present two bills to the King?

Answer 14

1450.

Question 15

When did Henry VI pass Acts of Resumption?

Answer 15

1450 + 1451.

Question 16

When did Somerset become Captain of Calais?

Answer 16

1451.

Question 17

When was the Coup at Dartford?

Answer 17

February 1452.

Question 18

When was Gascony lost?

Answer 18

1453.

Question 19

When was Henry’s first madness?

Answer 19

August 1453 - December 1454.

Question 20

When was Richard Duke of York’s first Protectorate?

Answer 20

March 1454 - January 1455.

Question 21

When was Somerset put in the Tower of London?

Answer 21

Late 1454.

Question 22

When was Anjou sent to Windsor Castle to look after Henry VI?

Answer 22

Late 1454.

Question 23

When was Edward Prince of Wales born?

Answer 23

October 1453.

Question 24

When was the first Battle of St Albans?

Answer 24

22nd May 1455.

Question 25

When did York begin his second Protectorate?

Answer 25

May 1455 (after the Battle of St Albans).

Question 26

When did Warwick become Captain of Calais?

Answer 26

May 1455 (after the Battle of St Albans).

Question 27

When was Henry’s second madness?

Answer 27

May 1455 - February 1456.

Question 28

When did York’s second protectorate end?

Answer 28

February 1456.

Question 29

When was there a recession in Wales?

Answer 29

1455 - 1458.

Question 30

When did Henry organise a Great Parliament?

Answer 30

January 1458.

Question 31

When was there an attempt upon Warwick’s life?

Answer 31

Autumn 1458.

Question 32

When was Love Day?

Answer 32

24th March 1458.

Question 33

When did the Lancastrians call a council that the Yorkists didn’t attend?

Answer 33

24th June 1459.

Question 34

When was the Battle of Blore Heath?

Answer 34

23rd September 1459.

Question 35

When was the Battle of Ludford Bridge?

Answer 35

12th October 1459.

Question 36

When was the Parliament of Devils?

Answer 36

November 1459.

Question 37

When was the Yorkist Invasion on Sandwich?

Answer 37

June 1460.

Question 38

When was the Battle of Northampton?

Answer 38

10th July 1460.

Question 39

When did York return to England after the Battle of Northampton?

Answer 39

8th September 1460.

Question 40

When did York place his hand on the throne?

Answer 40

15th October 1460.

Question 41

When did York get Parliament to pass the Act of Accord?

Answer 41

24th October 1460.

Question 42

When did Richard go North to deal with Percy threats against Neville property?

Answer 42

December 1460.

Question 43

When was the Battle of Wakefield?

Answer 43

30th December 1460.

Question 44

When was the Battle of Mortimer’s Cross?

Answer 44

2nd February 1461.

Question 45

When was the second Battle of St Albans?

Answer 45

17th February 1461.