Black Monday (1360)

Siege of Chartres (1360)
	Part of the Hundred Years' War
	; The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward III by Joshua Barnes
Date	13–14 April 1360; (1 day)
Location	Outskirts of Chartres, France
Result	English defeat
Belligerents
England	France
Commanders and leaders
King Edward III; Edward, the Black Prince; Walter Manny; Duke of Lancaster; Earl of Warwick; Guy de Beauchamp †	Androuin de La Roche
Strength
10,000 4,000 men-at-arms; 700 continental mercenaries; 5,000 mounted archers;	Low
Casualties and losses
1,000 dead	None/Unknown

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^[2] English soldiers. The storm was so devastating that it caused more English casualties than any of the previous battles of the war.^[3]

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^ "Eleanor Cracknell, Assistant Archivist, cites: Barnes, J., The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward IIId (Cambridge, 1688), p. 583. in 'A King is Born at Windsor', Windsor Castle Chapel Archives and Chapter Library at stgeorges-windsor.org". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Mortimer, Ian (22 February 2014). Edward III: The Perfect King. RosettaBooks. ISBN 9780795335464.

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[CracknellBarnes-2] "Eleanor Cracknell, Assistant Archivist, cites: Barnes, J., The History of that Most Victorious Monarch Edward IIId (Cambridge, 1688), p. 583. in 'A King is Born at Windsor', Windsor Castle Chapel Archives and Chapter Library at stgeorges-windsor.org". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[3] Mortimer, Ian (22 February 2014). Edward III: The Perfect King. RosettaBooks. ISBN 9780795335464.

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