1460
Europe · War
The Duke of York dies in the mud. His head is set above Micklegate Bar in a paper crown.
Battle of Wakefield
December 30, 1460
Richard of York, overconfident or betrayed, sallied from Sandal Castle and was killed by Lancastrian forces in the open. His severed head, wearing a paper crown, was mounted on Micklegate Bar at York. His son Edward, seventeen years old, inherited the Yorkist claim and began marching south in cold fury.