Charles VI of France goes mad in the forest of Le Mans
August 1392
Riding to attack Brittany, the twenty-three-year-old king suddenly drew his sword and killed four of his own knights, convinced they were plotting against him. He was wrestled to the ground gibbering, unable to recognize his own attendants. The illness would recur for thirty years; France slid into civil war between the king's relatives.
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