After demonstrating his military prowess on the field during the Battle of Towton, he won the admiration of Edward IV of England who made him Constable of Norwich Castle, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk ( 1461 ), Treasurer of the Royal Household ( 1468 ) and a Knight of the Garter ( 1471 ).

* 1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet ; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

Battle of Tewkesbury ( 1471 ) of the Wars of the Roses in England

* 1421 – King Henry VI of England ( d. 1471 )

On 18 May 1471, Richard was named Great Chamberlain and Lord High Admiral of England.

File: MS Ghent-Battle of Tewkesbury. jpg | The Battle of Tewkesbury ( 1471 ) during the Wars of the Roses in England

* December 6 – King Henry VI of England ( died 1471 )

* Sir Thomas Malory of England ( 1405 ?– 1471 ), soldier, member of Parliament, political prisoner, and author of Le Morte d ' Arthur

* Richard Neville of England ( 1428 – 1471 ), nobleman, administrator, and military commander

Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483 ) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death.

Henry VI ( 6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471 ) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453.

As such, she was Queen consort of England from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.

It was she who called for a Great Council in May 1455 that excluded the Yorkist faction headed by Richard, Duke of York, and thus provided the spark that ignited a civil conflict that lasted for over thirty years, decimated the old nobility of England, and caused the deaths of thousands of men, including her only son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

By the time Margaret, her son and daughter-in-law were ready to follow Warwick back to England, the tables had again turned in favour of the Yorkists, and the Earl was defeated and killed by the returning King Edward IV in the Battle of Barnet on 14 April 1471.

The Earl of Warwick, who had been dispatched by Margaret to England to restore King Henry to the throne, succeeded in this task but was defeated and killed in battle ( battle of Barnet, April 1471 ) a few months later.

Category: 1471 in England

The throne of England was temporarily restored to Henry VI ; on 14 March 1471, Edward brought an army back across the English Channel, precipitating the Battle of Barnet a month later.

When Edward invaded England in 1471, not many common people openly celebrated his return.

When Edward launched his campaign to retake England, Clarence accepted his brother's offer of pardon and rejoined the Yorkists at Coventry on 2 April 1471.

Even so, by 4 January 1471, Charles had agreed to support the King-in-exile in regaining the English throne, and this renewal of friendship between the two men was followed by Edward visiting Margaret at Hesdin until 13 January, the first time the pair had seen one another since Margaret's departure from England.

The family provided England with three kings: Henry IV of England, who ruled 1399 – 1413 ; Henry V of England, who ruled 1413 – 1422 ; and Henry VI of England and ( II of ) France, who ruled 1422 – 1461 and 1470 – 1471.

As the plant was viewed as having a divine origin, its cultivation became subject to a state monopoly and its use restricted to nobles and a few favored classes ( court orators, couriers, favored public workers, and the army ) by the rule of the Topa Inca ( 1471 – 1493 ).

The Southern Cross became a reference upon the arrival of João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar in the Southern hemisphere in 1471, starting its use in celestial navigation.

In 1471, there were 47 trade guilds in operation, nearly 300 homes had the rights to brew beer, and large cattle and hops fairs were organized.

Albrecht Dürer (; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528 ) was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg.

Dürer was born on 21 May 1471, third child and second son of his parents, who had between fourteen and eighteen children.

The town church was built between 1471 and 1478.

The rules of modern fencing originated from France, where the first known book on fencing, Treatise on Arms, was written by Diego de Valera between 1458 and 1471, shortly before dueling came under official ban by the Catholic Monarchs.

The Renaissance saw the continuation of interest in magic that had been found in the Mediaeval period, and in this period, there was an increased interest in Hermeticism amongst occultists and ceremonial magicians in Europe, largely fuelled by the 1471 translation of the ancient Corpus hermeticum into Latin by Marsilio Ficino ( 1433 – 1499 ).

George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539 ), was duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539.

Cardinal Piccolomini participated in the conclave that elected Pope Paul II ( 1464 – 71 ) in 1464, but was absent when Pope Sixtus IV ( 1471 – 84 ) was elected in 1471.

Pope Sixtus IV ( 21 July 1414 – 12 August 1484 ), born Francesco della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484.

Sir Thomas Malory ( c. 1405 – 14 March 1471 ) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d ' Arthur.

* Albrecht Dürer ( 1471 – 1528 ) was a German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg, Germany.

* Sir Thomas Malory ( – March 14, 1471 ) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d ' Arthur.

Year 1471 ( MCDLXXI ) was a common year starting on Tuesday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

It is possible that the stone was originally the one from which the town crier, or bruiter called his bruit or news ; or it may be le Brodestone, a boundary stone mentioned in several 15th century disputes: its last-known position in 1471 was below the East Gate.

Frederick II of Brandenburg () ( 19 November 1413 – 10 February 1471 ), nicknamed " the Iron " ( der Eiserne ) and sometimes " Irontooth " ( Eisenzahn ), was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.

Edward was created Prince of Wales in June 1471, following Edward IV's restoration to the throne, and in 1473 was established at Ludlow Castle on the Welsh Marches as nominal president of a newly-created Council of Wales and the Marches.

" small hammer "); ( c. 1380 – 25 July 1471 ) was a canon regular of the late medieval period and the probable author of The Imitation of Christ, which is one of the best known Christian books on devotion.

Blessed John Soreth, who was then prior general and had already established the order of Carmelite nuns in 1452, accordingly sought until his death in 1471 to restore the primitive asceticism.