Richard the Lionheart: The Fatal Crossbow Incident (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)

A Daily Dose of History (24 Mar 2024) Today's historical events:

• King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
• English victory over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate.
• Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.[full citation needed]
• James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
• Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
• The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
• Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.
• Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
• In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.

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