March 29, 1461

"A battle of the Wars of the Roses, fought in a snowstorm near Tadcaster in Yorkshire. The Lancastrians were defeated, suffering heavy casualties, and the Yorkists under Edward IV went on to take York. Henry VI and Queen Margaret fled to Scotland." ("Towton, battle of" from Dictionary of British History)

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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck - Wars of the Roses
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