#OtD 15 Jun 1381 radical poll tax protester Wat Tyler, head of a peasant army of some 50,000 to 100,000, was murdered at Smithfields in London during a parley with Richard II of England. More info on the peasants' revolt here: https://t.co/c0Auze707C https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8688/murder-of-wat-tyler?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon