4th » Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV of England Edward IV defeats a House of Lancaster Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster Edward, Prince of Wales.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1471
21st » Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (d. 1528)
Famous Deaths for May 1471
4th » Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (b. 1453)
6th » Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1438)