1199 Totally Explained

Everything about 1199 totally explained

This page is about the year 1199. For the labor union, see Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union.

Events

March 25 - King Richard I of England is shot in the left shoulder with a crossbow by French boy Pierre Basile. Richard isn't mortally wounded by the bolt; however, the wound results in gangrene.
April 6 - King Richard I of England dies from the crossbow wound at the siege of Châlus. His younger brother, John Lackland, becomes King of England. As a result of Richard's death, French warrior Mercadier has Pierre Basile flayed alive and hanged.
St. Laurence Church in Ludlow is rebuilt on its Norman foundations.

Births

Jeanne of Flanders, countess of Flanders (d. 1244)

Isobel of Huntingdon, daughter of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon (d. 1251)

King Guttorm of Norway (d. 1204)

Deaths

January 23 — Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)

February 9 — Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)

April 6 — Richard the Lionheart (King of England) (in battle) (b. 1157)

September 4 — Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)

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