1199 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 is not 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)