Assassination of John the Fearless

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Assassination of John The Fearless
Miniature c. 1500, by the Master of the Prayer Books
Location	Montereau, France
Date	10 September 1419; 604 years ago (1419-09-10)
Target	John the Fearless
Attack type	Assassination, stabbing
Deaths	1
Perpetrators	Tanneguy du Chastel, Jean Louvet, and their men-at-arms

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419 during a parley with the French Dauphin (the future Charles VII of France), by Tanneguy du Chastel and Jean Louvet, the Dauphin's close counsellors.