Difference between revisions of "Black Monday"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_93874" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_93874" /> == | ||
<p> (1): [[Easter]] Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of [[Edward]] III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold. </p> <p> (2): The first Monday after the holidays; - so called by English schoolboys. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' [[Easter]] Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of [[Edward]] III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold. </p> <p> '''(2):''' The first Monday after the holidays; - so called by English schoolboys. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69323" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69323" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Easter Monday in 1351, remarkable for the extreme darkness that prevailed, and an intense cold, under which many died. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 02:20, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold.
(2): The first Monday after the holidays; - so called by English schoolboys.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Easter Monday in 1351, remarkable for the extreme darkness that prevailed, and an intense cold, under which many died.
