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Assassination of John the Fearless (1371-1419), Duke of Burgundy, (1404-1419), on the Bridge of Montereau over the Yonne river, on 10 September, 1419, (15th century, 1878). John was killed by Tanguy du Châtel and Jean Louvet, counsellors of the Dauphin who would later become Charles VII of France. Engraving. Facsimile after a miniature from "Chroniques de Monstrelet", 15th-century manuscript. From "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance" by Paul Lacroix, Paris, 1878.