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… (More on 1199)