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.
February 13 » Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
April 28 » The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
May 10 » Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
August 8 » King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
November 1 » Pope Julius II is elected.
December 29 » The Battle of Garigliano (1503) was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
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