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On March 24, 1199: King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.

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King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.

Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and was therefore not expected to become king, but his two elder brothers predeceased their father.

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Born on March 24

Gonzalo García 2004– Spanish footballer (born 2004)
Clara Burel 2001– French tennis player (born 2001)
Katie Swan 1999– British tennis player (born 1999)
Christopher Briney 1998– American actor (born 1998)
Ethel Cain 1998– American singer-songwriter (born 1998)
Damar Hamlin 1998– American football player (born 1998)
Mina 1997– Japanese singer (born 1997)
Myles Turner 1996– American basketball player (born 1996)
Enzo Zidane 1995– French footballer (born 1995)
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Daniel Sazonov 1993– Finnish politician (born 1993)
Nick Browne 1991– English cricketer (born 1991)
Dalila Jakupovic 1991– Slovenian tennis player (born 1991)
Aljur Abrenica 1990– Filipino actor (born 1990)
Keisha Castle-Hughes 1990– New Zealand actress
Starlin Castro 1990– Dominican baseball player (born 1990)
Lacey Evans 1990– American professional wrestler (born 1990)
Alyssa Healy 1990– Australian cricketer (born 1990)
JonTron 1990– American YouTube personality (born 1990)

People

Died on March 24

Biruté Galdikas Canadian primatologist and conservationist (1946–2026)
Tracy Kidder American writer (1945–2026)
Mel Schilling Australian TV personality and coach (1972–2026)
Dick Carlson American journalist and diplomat (1941–2025)
Lou Whittaker American mountaineer (1929–2024)
Gordon Moore American businessman (1929–2023)
Pradeep Sarkar Indian film director (1955–2023)
Dagny Carlsson Swedish blogger and influencer (1912–2022)
Jessica Walter American actress (1941–2021)
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Albert Uderzo French comic book artist (1927–2020)
Manu Dibango Cameroonian musician and songwriter (1933–2020)
Joseph Pilato American actor (1949–2019)
Lys Assia Swiss singer (1924–2018)
Rim Banna Palestinian singer (1966–2018)
Johan Cruyff Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)
Garry Shandling American comedian (1949–2016)
Yehuda Avner Israeli prime ministerial advisor, diplomat, and author
notable deaths of the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash: Ukrainian opera singer (1960–2015)

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  1. 1199 King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.

    King of England from 1189 to 1199

    Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and was therefore not expected to become king, but his two elder brothers predeceased their father.

  2. 1387 English victory over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate.

    Sovereign state in Europe before 1707

    The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707, when it relinquished its sovereignty along with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of England was among the most powerful states in Europe during the medieval and early modern periods.

  3. 1401 Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.

    14th-century ethnocultural synthesis in Asia

    The Turco-Mongol or Turko-Mongol tradition was an ethnocultural synthesis that arose in Asia during the 13-14th century among the ruling elites of the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate. The ruling Mongol elites of these khanates eventually assimilated into the Turkic populations that they conquered and ruled over, thus becoming known as Turco-Mongols. These elites gradually adopted Islam, as well as Turkic languages, while retaining Mongol political and legal institutions.

  4. 1603 James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.

    King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603

    James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 1625. Though he long attempted to get both countries to adopt a closer political union, the kingdoms of Scotland and England remained sovereign states ruled by James in personal union, with their own parliaments, judiciaries and laws.

  5. 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.

    Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1603 to 1605

    Tokugawa Ieyasu was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The son of a minor daimyo, Ieyasu once lived as a hostage under daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto on behalf of his father.

  6. 1663 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.
  7. 1720 Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February.
  8. 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.
  9. 1765 Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
  10. 1794 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.
  11. 1829 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
  12. 1832 In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
  13. 1854 President José Gregorio Monagas abolishes slavery in Venezuela.
  14. 1860 Sakuradamon Incident: Japanese chief minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke is assassinated by rōnin samurai outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.
  15. 1869 The last of Tītokowaru's forces surrender to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
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  1. 1870 A Chilean prospecting party led by José Díaz Gana discovers the silver ores of Caracoles in the Bolivian portion of Atacama Desert, leading to the last of the Chilean silver rushes and a diplomatic dispute over its taxation between Chile and Bolivia.
  2. 1878 The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
  3. 1882 Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
  4. 1900 Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
  5. 1900 Carnegie Steel Company is formed in New Jersey; its capitalization of $160 million is the largest to date.
  6. 1921 The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, becoming the first international women's sports event.
  7. 1922 The McMahon killings take place in Belfast. Six Catholic civilians are shot dead, two others wounded and a female family member assaulted. Police were suspected as being responsible, but no one was prosecuted.
  8. 1927 Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defence of the foreign citizens within the city.
  9. 1934 The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
  10. 1939 The 1939 Liechtenstein putsch takes place; approximately 40 members of the VBDL starting from Nendeln march towards Vaduz with the intention of overthrowing the government and provoking Liechtenstein's annexation into Germany.
  11. 1944 German troops massacre 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
  12. 1944 World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
  13. 1946 A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  14. 1949 Hanns Albin Rauter, a chief SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands, is convicted and executed for crimes against humanity.
  15. 1972 Direct rule is imposed on Northern Ireland by the Government of the United Kingdom under Edward Heath.

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