Edward IV of England Birthday, Date of Birth
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487.
Edward inherited the Yorkist claim to the throne at the age of eighteen when his father, Richard, Duke of York, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in December 1460. After defeating Lancastrian armies at Mortimer's Cross and Towton in early 1461, he deposed King Henry VI and took the throne. His marriage to Elizabeth Woodville in 1464 led to conflict with his chief advisor, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as the "Kingmaker". In 1470, a revolt led by Warwick and Edward's brother George, Duke of Clarence, briefly re-installed Henry VI. Edward fled to Flanders, where he gathered support and invaded England in March 1471; after victories at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury (where both the Earl of Warwick and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, were killed), he resumed the throne. Shortly afterwards, Henry VI was found dead in the Tower of London, possibly killed on Edward's orders.
Despite facing an overseas threat from Henry Tudor, the last remaining Lancastrian claimant, Edward reigned in relative peace for the next twelve years. However, he nearly restarted the Hundred Years' War, following his invasion of France in 1475, but was assuaged by Louis XI in the Treaty of Picquigny. This diplomatic agreement formally ended the Hundred Years' War, which had been in abeyance since 1453. Following his sudden death in April 1483, Edward was briefly succeeded by his son Edward V. He had appointed his younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Lord Protector of England for the duration of the new king's minority. However, Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, disappeared shortly after and their uncle seized the throne as Richard III.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Saturday, April 28, 1442
- Place of Birth
- Руан
- Age
- 583
- Star Sign
- ♉
The April 28, 1442 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 126 day of the year. President of the United States was N/A.
If you were born on this day, you are 583 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 130 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in 234 days. You have lived for 213,067 days, or about 5,113,617 hours, or about 306,817,048 minutes, or about 18,409,022,880 seconds.
Some people who share this birthday:
- Rabindranath Tagore (artist, composer, essayist, film director, lyricist, painter, philosopher, playwright, poet, singer, songwriter, writer, born May 7, 1861)
- Matt Gaetz (lawyer, politician, born May 7, 1982)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (autobiographer, choreographer, composer, conceptual artist, conductor, diarist, librettist, music critic, music pedagogue, musician, pianist, born May 7, 1840)
- Josip Broz Tito (Esperantist, machinist, politician, resistance fighter, revolutionary, statesperson, born May 7, 1892)
- Eva Perón (feminist, film actor, politician, stage actor, suffragist, trade unionist, born May 7, 1919)
- Dani Olmo (association football player, born May 7, 1998)
- Alexander Ludwig (actor, film actor, model, singer, television actor, voice actor, born May 7, 1992)
- Edward IV of England (monarch, born April 28, 1442)
- Gary Cooper (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born May 7, 1901)
- David Hume (economist, essayist, historian, librarian, philosopher, writer, born May 7, 1711)
- Chiara Ferragni (entrepreneur, fashion blogger, fashion designer, fashion influencer, born May 7, 1987)
- Susan Atkins (criminal, serial killer, born May 7, 1948)
- Elizabeth Woodville (aristocrat, consort, born April 28, 1437)
- Traci Lords (director, film actor, film producer, glamour model, model, pornographic actor, singer-songwriter, television actor, voice actor, writer, born May 7, 1968)
- J Balvin (record producer, singer, songwriter, born May 7, 1985)
- Johannes Brahms (composer, conductor, pianist, born May 7, 1833)
- Ajla Tomljanović (tennis player, born May 7, 1993)
- Alex Smith (American football player, born May 7, 1984)
- Owen Hart (professional wrestler, born May 7, 1965)
- Olympe de Gouges (journalist, philosopher, playwright, politician, writer, born May 7, 1748)
- Youri Tielemans (association football player, born May 7, 1997)
- Googoosh (actor, singer, born May 7, 1949)
- Almudena Grandes (journalist, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born May 7, 1960)
- Lee Sang-hyeok (professional gamer, born May 7, 1996)
- Yōsuke Kubozuka (actor, model, singer, television actor, born May 7, 1979)
- Anne Baxter (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born May 7, 1923)
- Martin Bryant (spree killer, born May 7, 1967)
- Asghar Farhadi (film director, film producer, screenwriter, born May 7, 1972)
- Maya Erskine (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born May 7, 1987)
- Aidy Bryant (actor, comedian, film actor, television actor, born May 7, 1987)
- Morgana Robinson (comedian, stand-up comedian, born May 7, 1982)
- Breckin Meyer (actor, film actor, film producer, manufacturer, musician, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born May 7, 1974)
- Thomas Piketty (economist, screenwriter, university teacher, writer, born May 7, 1971)
- Michael P. Murphy (naval officer, born May 7, 1976)
- Kevin Owens (professional wrestler, born May 7, 1984)
- Jérémy Ménez (association football player, born May 7, 1987)
- Darren McGavin (film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, born May 7, 1922)
- Simy (association football player, born May 7, 1992)
- Sundeep Kishan (actor, born May 7, 1987)
- Müslüm Gürses (actor, film actor, musician, recording artist, singer, television actor, born May 7, 1953)
- Jirō Satō (actor, film director, screenwriter, born May 7, 1969)
- Effie Gray (model, painter, born May 7, 1828)
- Erica Fernandes (actor, model, television actor, born May 7, 1993)
- Amyra Dastur (actor, model, born May 7, 1993)
- Shin'ya Ueda (actor, owarai tarento, born May 7, 1970)
- Atharvaa (actor, born May 7, 1989)
- Ayelet Shaked (computer scientist, engineer, politician, born May 7, 1976)
- Anissa Kate (film director, pornographic actor, born May 7, 1987)
- Robert Browning (dramaturgy, playwright, poet, writer, born May 7, 1812)
- Johnny Unitas (American football player, actor, born May 7, 1933)