Which battle was fought on August 22, 1485?

The battle fought on August 22, 1485, was the Battle of Bosworth Field. It was the decisive clash of the Wars of the Roses, England’s dynastic conflict between the houses of Lancaster and York.

King Richard III led the Yorkist forces against Henry Tudor, a Lancastrian claimant to the throne. Richard was killed during the fighting, and Henry’s victory allowed him to become King Henry VII. His accession began the Tudor dynasty, which later produced Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

The battlefield is traditionally associated with Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, although historians place the main engagement near Ambion Hill and have debated the exact location. The battle is also remembered for Richard’s reported cry for “a horse,” though that detail was popularised by later Tudor-era accounts and Shakespeare’s play.

Bosworth is often described as ending the Wars of the Roses, although some Yorkist resistance continued afterward. It remains one of the most important turning points in English medieval history.