The Pretender of Tyburn
On November 23, 1499, Perkin Warbeck — who spent years claiming to be a lost English prince — was hanged at Tyburn after a failed escape plot.
Tagged: 1400s
The Hour That Started Thirty Years of War: St Albans, 1455
On May 22, 1455, Richard, Duke of York defeated King Henry VI's forces in a street battle at St Albans, firing the opening shot of the thirty-year Wars of the Roses.
The Day Europe Found a Sea Road to India
On May 20, 1498, Vasco da Gama's ships anchored off Calicut, India — completing the first sea voyage from Europe to Asia and changing world trade forever.