On this Day in 1485 – Henry VII defeats Richard III at Battle of Bosworth

On the 22nd of August 1485, Henry Tudor defeated King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, in Leicestershire, to become King Henry VII. Victory for Henry marked the end of the Wars of the Roses that had ravaged England for the past 30 years, and the start of the Tudor dynasty that ruled the nation until 1603.