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1450 William Catesby, politician (died 1485) 1451 5 March – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1491) 1 June – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney, soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician (d. 1508) 5 September – Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (died 1476) 1452 2 October – Richard III, king of England (killed 1485)
Jack Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months of April and July. It stemmed from local grievances regarding the corruption, maladministration and abuse of power of the king's closest advisors and local officials, as well as recent ...
11 April – Jack Slack (a butcher of Norwich) defeats Jack Broughton to become bare-knuckle boxing Champion of England; 24 June – Iron Act, passed by Parliament, comes into effect, restricting manufacture of iron products in the American colonies. [2] 5 October – Treaty of Madrid, a commercial treaty with Spain, is signed. [4]
Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous wars, especially with France, along with the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the Restoration of Charles II, the Glorious Revolution ...
At times England enjoyed huge military success, with the economy buoyed by profits from the international wool and cloth trade, but by 1450 the country was in crisis, facing military failure in France and an ongoing recession. More social unrest broke out, followed by the Wars of the Roses, fought between rival factions of the English nobility.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government, in case the Crown should descend to any of the Children of his late Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales, being under the Age of eighteen Years; and for the Care and Guardianship of their Persons. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 59))
1450. January 9 – Adam Moleyns, English courtier and Bishop of Chichester; February 9 – Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France (b. c. 1422) [83] April 8 – Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) May 2 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (born 1396) May 9 – Abdal-Latif Mirza, ruler ...