The Princes in the Tower (TRIH ep 139, part 2)
1483 · Resource
This episode is the second part of The Rest Is History’s examination of the Princes in the Tower. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace events after Edward IV’s death in April 1483: the accession of Edward V, factional manoeuvring between the Woodvilles and Richard of Gloucester, the removal of Edward into the Tower, and the swift consolidation of Richard’s power culminating in his coronation on 6 July 1483.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1483
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- English Reformation (1533)