Succession breaks out. Edward supports John of Montfort while Philip backs Charles of Blois. 1346: Edward III inflicts a crushing defeat on Philip VI at the Battle of Crécy. The Scots invade England but, are defeated at the Battle of Neville's Cross. 1347: Calais falls to Edward III. David II is captured. 1348: The Black Death reaches Europe. 1350: Philip VI dies and is succeeded by his son John II. 1351: The Battle of the Thirty. 1356: Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III, defeats John II at the Battle of Poitiers. John II is among the captured. 1358: Peasant revolt in France called the Jacquerie. 1359: John II signs the Second Treaty of London accepting huge territorial losses and an enormous ransom. However Charles, John's son and heir, refuse to accept. 1360: The Treaty of Brétigny. Edward III renounces his claim to the French throne in return for the restoration and suzerainty of Aquitaine. Edward makes his son, the Black Prince, Duke of Aquitaine. 1360–1400 1360: Black Monday – a freak hail storm struck and killed an estimated 1,000 English soldiers, causing mass casualty. 1364: The defeat and death of Charles of Blois at the Battle of Auray marks the end of the Breton War of Succession. 1366: The Black Prince intervenes in the civil war in Castile between Pedro the Cruel and Henry of Trastamara. 1370: John Chandos, the English Seneschal of Poitou is defeated and slain at Chateau Lussac. 1372: French commander Bertrand du Guesclin captures Poitiers. 1376: Edward the III's son dies 1377: Du Guesclin takes Bergerac. 1377: Edward III dies. His grandson Richard II becomes King of England. 1380: Earl of Buckingham commanded an expedition to France to aid England's ally the Duke of Brittany. The French refused battle so Buckingham forces continued a chevauchée and laid siege to Nantes. 1381: The Duke of Brittany reconciled to the regime of the new French king, Charles VI, paid 50,000 franc to Buckingham to abandon the siege and the campaign. 1400–1422 1415: Henry V of England lands at Harfleur in Normandy and takes the city. He wins a near-total victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. 1417: Henry V takes Caen. 1419: Rouen falls to Henry V on 19 January, placing Normandy under English control. Burgundy allies with England. 1420: Henry V and Charles VI of France sign the Treaty of Troyes. Henry marries