Black Monday (1360)

Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a big fight called the Hundred Years' War. On a special day called Easter Monday in 1360, something super strange happened. Instead of sunshine, a giant, angry storm cloud decided to visit! This wasn't just any rain; it was a super-duper hail storm with ice chunks as big as golf balls. It was so wild, it made the soldiers stop fighting and hide!

This crazy hail storm was so powerful that it hurt and even sadly, killed about 1,000 English soldiers. That's more people than you might see at a big school fair! The hailstones were so big and heavy, they were like little rocks falling from the sky. The soldiers were caught outside, and there was nowhere safe to run. It was a very, very bad day for them.

You might think battles are the scariest part of a war, but for these soldiers, this storm was worse! It caused more problems and hurt more people than any of the fighting they had done before. It shows that sometimes, nature can be more powerful than any army. It was a day everyone would remember because the sky itself seemed to be attacking.

This day was called 'Black Monday' because it was so sad and terrible for the English soldiers. It wasn't a happy holiday at all. It's a reminder that even when people are fighting, unexpected things can happen that change everything. This storm was a big surprise and made a huge difference in the war that day.