1478 in England

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1478 in England:

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Events from the year 1478 in the Kingdom of England.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

• 15 January - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged four, is married to five-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk.
• 18 February - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London on the order of his other brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester ^[1]

[edit] Births

• 7 February - Thomas More, statesman and humanist (died 1535)
• Thomas Ashwell, composer (approximate date)

[edit] Deaths

• 18 February - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)

[edit] References