February 2 » Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
March 4 » Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
March 29 » Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
June 28 » Edward, Earl of March, is crowned King Edward IV of England.
August 7 » The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
August 15 » The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
January 3 » Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
April 17 » Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
April 29 » Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.
June 30 » Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
August 13 » After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
December 27 » The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse.
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