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A batalha de Towton teve lugar durante a guerra das Rosas, a 29 de março de 1461, a sudoeste de Iorque, entre os vilarejos de Towton e Saxton. É a maior e mais sangrenta batalha a ter tido lugar em solo inglês e o dia mais sangrento de toda a história da Inglaterra. [1]
Strength. 50,000–60,000 [a] Casualties and losses. 3,000 to 4,500 dead [b] 6,000 to 8,500 dead [2] [3] The Battle of Towton took place on 29 March 1461 during the Wars of the Roses, near Towton in North Yorkshire, and "has the dubious distinction of being probably the largest and bloodiest battle on English soil". [4]
Battle of Towton, (March 29, 1461), battle fought on Palm Sunday near the village of Towton, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of York, now in North Yorkshire, England. The largest and bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses, it secured the English throne for Edward IV against his Lancastrian opponents.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country yeomen. The Danish force was victorious.
A Batalha de Towton foi travada em 29 de março de 1461, durante a Guerra das Rosas (1455-1485) e foi a maior e mais sangrenta batalha já travada em solo britânico. Tendo sido coroado no início de março, o Yorkist Edward IV mudou-se para o norte para enfrentar as forças Lancastrian de Henry VI.
Primeira Batalha de St. Albans; Guerra das Rosas; Data 22 de maio de 1455: Local St Albans, Hertfordshire, Inglaterra: Desfecho Vitória decisiva da Casa de Iorque Beligerantes
On Palm Sunday 1461, in atrocious weather – howling wind, driving sleet and snow – the armies of two disputing Kings of England fought all day on a plateau of land a dozen or so miles south-west of the great medieval city of York in the North of England.
