While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men. New Forest: The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featuring in Domesday Book. August 2, 1100. Wiki link