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End of the English government in France. 1455 Pope Calixtus III. 1458 Battle of St. Albans, where Henry VI. is taken prisoner by the Duke of York. Pope Pius II. Æneas Sylvius. 1459 The art of engraving on copper invented. 1460 JAMES III. King of Scotland. -- Battle of Wakefield, where Duke of York is killed. 1461 Edward IV. King of England. 1464 Louis XI. King of France.

Battle of Towton, in which the party of Lancaster is defeated. Pope Paul II. 1468 The Orkney and Shetland islands given to James III. of Scotland, as the dowry of Christiern of Denmark's daughter. 1470 Henry VI. restored to the throne of England. 1471 Battle of Barnet, where Warwick is killed. - Battle of Tewkesbury, where the Lancastrians are totally defeated.