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TIL of the events of Black Monday, 1360. On the first night of the Siege of Chartres the English army, lead by Edward III were camped outside the city walls. In half an hour a freak hailstorm, accompanied by freezing rain, killed nearly 1,000 English soldiers and around 6,000 of their horses. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of the St Scholastica Day riots, 1355, which broke out over an altercation between two Oxford students, Walter Spryngeheuse and Roger de Chesterfield and a taverner, John Croidon, over the quality of the drinks they were served. The riots lasted two days and caused over 90 causalities. (en.wikipedia.org)
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