Battle of Bosworth Field
battle · 1485 AD
Battle of Bosworth Field, a battle recorded 1485 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 22 August 1485 AD
- War
- Wars of the Roses
- Side 1
- House of Tudor — led by Henry Tudor
- Side 2
- House of York — led by Richard III
- Result
- Tudor victory; Richard III killed
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1485 AD | — | medium confidence | no observation date recorded | Placed at the site identified by a survey published in 2010, some 3 km from the traditional one. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)