Key Events
| 1485 | Henry becomes King after defeating Richard III of York at the Battle of Bosworth Field. The Wars of the Roses are ended. |
| 1486 | Henry marries Elizabeth of York, thereby uniting the houses of York and Lancaster. |
| 1487 | Henry crushes a revolt by the Earl of Lincoln on behalf of Lambert Simnel, a claimant to the throne, at Stoke. |
| 1491 | Henry invades France but at the Treaty of Etaples agrees to withdraw English forces in return for a large sum of money |
| 1492 | Perkin Warbeck an impersonator who claims he is Richard the younger of the Princes in the Tower attempts to overthrow Henry, but is defeated and put to death in 1499. |
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus crosses Atlantic and lands in San Salvador, Cuba and Haiti which he calls the ‘West Indies’ in the belief that he has sailed around the World to India. |
| 1497 | John Cabot sails west from Bristol on the Matthew and discovers New-found-land. He believed it was Asia and claimed it for England. |
| 1499 | Perkin Warbeck is hanged in the Tower of London. The Earl of Warwick is also executed. |
| 1501 | Catherine of Aragon, daughter of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, marries Prince Arthur, Henry’s eldest son. |
| 1502 | Prince Arthur dies, and Prince Henry (the future Henry VIII) becomes heir to the throne, later marrying Arthur’s widow, Catherine of Aragon. |
| 1503 | Margaret, Henry’s daughter marries James IV of Scotland. The marriage gives James’ descendants a claim to the English throne. |
| 1503 | Death of Elizabeth of York, Henry’s wife. |
| 1509 | Henry VII dies at Richmond Palace, at the age of 52. |
Coins
Henry VII Groat mm Cross-crosslet 1504-5 S. 2258 (sold)
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