what is william tell famous for?

Answer 1

William Tell from Bürglen was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. At the time, the Habsburg emperors were seeking to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf raised a pole in the village's central square with his hat on top and demanded that all the local townsfolk bow before it. As Tell passed by without bowing, he was arrested. He received the punishment of being forced to shoot an apple off the head of his son, Walter, or else both would be executed.

Tell had been promised freedom if he shot the apple. On November 18, 1307, Tell split the fruit with a single bolt from his crossbow, without mishap. When Gessler queried him about the purpose of the second arrow in his quiver, Tell answered that if he had ended up killing his son in that trial, he would have turned the crossbow on the reeve. Gessler became enraged at that comment, and had Tell bound and brought to his ship to be taken to his castle at Küssnacht. In a storm on Lake Lucerne, Tell managed to escape. On land, he went to Küssnacht, and when Gessler arrived, he shot him with a crossbow bolt.

This defiance of the Austrian reeve sparked a rebellion, leading to the formation of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Answer 2

William Tell from Switzerland was known as an expert marksman with the crossbow. At the time, the Habsburg emperors were seeking to dominate Uri. Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf raised a pole in the village's central square with his hat on top and demanded that all the local townsfolk bow before it. As Tell passed by without bowing, he was arrested. He received the punishment of being forced to shoot an apple off the head of his son, Walter, or else both would be executed.

Answer 3

William Tell is famous for having to shoot an apple off of his son's head. Fortunately, he did it and his son lived to see another day.

Answer 4

he is famous for NOT killing his son...lol.... according to legend he was arrested for not bowing to a hat put up by the austrian ruller who had subjegated switzerland and his punishment was he has to shot an apple off of his son's head and if he succeds they both go free(he was renowned as an expert marksman with the crossbow). He succeded in spliting the apple but when asked why he had 2 bolts in his quiver he responded if he had failed(and killed his son) he was going to kill the village reeve who had arrested him so he was rearrested but escaped and killed the village reeve which started the uprising that lead to swiss independence.

Answer 5

the first written account of the legend dates from 1474, the era of the wars of the Swiss antagonistic to Charles the ambitious of Burgundy ; even if the tale of a guy exhibiting his ability with the crossbow in one of those way is way beforehand. The legend has been used for performs ( Schiller , 1804) and an opera ( Rossini , 1829), besides as in filmed variations.

Answer 6

Shooting an apple with an arrow off of his sons head

Answer 7

Apart from shooting an apple off his son's head... being involved in the Swiss independence movement!

Answer 8

Shooting the apple with an arrow on the top of his son's head, splitting it in two.

Or at least that was how they portrayed it on the television series!

Answer 9

shooting an apple off of his son's head - with a bow and arrow - after downing 3 shots of tequila

Answer 10

Shooting an apple off of his son's head using a crossbow and bolt.