King Edward IV and his Yorkist troops are beseeched by a priest to stop the pursuit of their Lancastrian foes who requested sanctuary from the abbey
? , Gloucestershire: Final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York sees Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster, killed and King return to his throne, restoring political stability to England until his death in 1483
? Spanish Pope Alexander VI decrees in the papal bull "Inter caetera" that all lands west of a line 100 leagues west of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde Islands belong to Castile, ultimately dividing the Americas between and ?
? King of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism
? United States begins construction of the Panama Canal
? becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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One was from an impoverished background; the other was a member of the aristocracy. They came together to form Rolls-Royce, the iconic car manufacturer.
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