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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 ...
An Act for the more effectual Preservation of the Turnpike Roads, in that Part of Great Britain called England, and for the Disposition of Penalties given by Acts of Parliament relating to the Highways in that Part of Great Britain called England, and for enforcing the Recovery thereof, and for the more effectual preventing the Mischiefs ...
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 ...
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]
The end date of the early modern period is variously associated with the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in about 1750, or the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, which drastically transformed the state of European politics and ushered in the Napoleonic era and modern Europe.
Popery and Politics in England 1660–1688 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ... Early Modern Britain 1450–1750 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017).
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 ...