Black Monday (1360)
| Siege of Chartres (1360) | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward III by Joshua Barnes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| England | France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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King Edward III Edward, the Black Prince Walter Manny Duke of Lancaster Earl of Warwick Guy de Beauchamp † | Androuin de La Roche | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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10,000
| Low | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,000 dead | None/Unknown | ||||||
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Black Monday took place on Easter Monday (1360) during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1360), when a freak hail storm struck and killed an estimated 1,000 English soldiers. The storm was so devastating that it caused more English casualties than any of the previous battles of the war.