Timeline Flashcards
Marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou
March 1445
End of duke of York’s Lieutenancy in France
September 1445
Duke of Somerset appointed Lieutenant General in France
December 1446
York appointed Lieutenant of Ireland
July 1447
Surrender of Anjou and Maine
March 1448
French invasion of Normandy
April 1449
York takes up hid post as Lieutenant of Ireland
July 1449
Exile and murder of the Duke of Suffolk
April 1450
Cades rebellion
May/June 1450
Loss of Normandy
August 1450
Return from France to the defeated duke of Somerset
August 1450
Return from Ireland of Richard duke of York
September 1450
York returns to England
November 1450
Attempted coup staged at dartford
March 1452
Henry VIs illness begins
August 1453
Birth of prince Edward
October 1453
Somerset’s imprisonment in the Tower of London
November 1453
Protectorate set up
March 1454
Recovery of Henry VI
December 1454
Protectorate ended
February 1455
Somerset released from the Tower of London
February 1455
First battle of St Albans
May 1455
Deaths of Somerset, Northumberland, and Clifford
May 1455
York’s second protectorate begins
November 1455
York’s second protectorate ends
February 1456
The loveday
March 1458
The earl of Warwick disobeys queen Margaret
October 1458
Battle of blore heath
September 1459
Battle of ludford bridge
October 1459
Parliament of devils
November 1459
Battle of Northampton
July 1460
Act of accord
October 1460