This Day in History
Today: March 24, 2026
1199
King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.[1][2][3]
1387
English victory over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate.[4]
1401
Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.[5][6]
1603
James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.[7]
1603
Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.[8][9]
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.[10][11]
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.[12][13]
1721
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051.[14][15]<...
1765
Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.[16][17]
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.[18][19]<span cl...
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