Battle of Barnet
April 14, 1471
In dawn fog on a ridge north of London, Edward IV's forces crashed into Warwick the Kingmaker's army. The fog confused both sides; a Lancastrian banner was mistaken for a Yorkist one and attacked by its own allies. Warwick was caught trying to mount his horse and killed. The Kingmaker died in the mud.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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