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Joan of Arc
Timeline
1412:
·Joan of Arc born and baptized in Domremy
1425:
·Joan begins to hear voices
1428:
·Joan travels to Vaucouleurs (prompted by voices),
and asks to join the Dauphin but is turned away.
1429:
·Joan journeys again to Vaucouleurs to ask to join
the Dauphin's forces; this time she is accepted.
February 13, 1429:
·Joan leaves Vaucouleurs dressed in men's clothing
and heads to Chinon, where the Dauphin is staying. Once there,
she asks to help France fight the English and the Burgundians;
Charles orders her interrogation by Churchmen for the next three
weeks.
April 1429:
·Dauphin gives Joan command of a small force.
April 27, 1429:
·Joan and her troops set out from Blois to relieve
French forces at the Siege of Orleans
April 29, 1429:
·Joan and La Hire reach Orleans, where they are told
to wait for reinforcements.
May 4, 1429:
·After a sudden inspiration, Joan leads an attack on
the English.
May 7, 1429:
·Wounded, Joan nonetheless leads a battle at Les Tourelles.
May 9, 1429:
·Joan travels to Tours, where she asks the Dauphin
to go immediately to Reims for a coronation ceremony.
June 18, 1429:
·Battle of Patay
July 16, 1429:
·Dauphin's army reaches Reims
July 17, 1429:
·The Dauphin is crowned King of France
July 20, 1429:
·Charles leaves Reims and parades around region
August 2, 1429:
·Charles retreats to Loire
August 14, 1429:
·French and English forces skirmish at Senlis
August 28, 1429:
·Burgundy and France sign a four-month truce
September 8, 1429:
·Assault on Paris begins
December 1429:
·Charles raises Joan, her parents, and her brothers
to nobility status
May 14, 1430:
·Joan reaches Compiegne
May 25, 1430:
·Paris learns of Joan's capture
January 3, 1431:
·Joan transferred to Bishop Pierre Cauchon's control
for interrogation.
January 13, 1431:
·Joan's trial begins
May 24, 1431:
·Upon the reading of her sentence, Joan, frightened,
signs a last- minute abjuration
May 29, 1431:
·After rescinding her abjuration, Joan is transferred
from ecclesiastic to secular authority.
May 30, 1431:
·Joan is burned at the stake
1450:
·Charles VII orders an investigation into Joan of Arc's
trial
May 16, 1920:
·Pope Benedict XV makes Joan of Arc a saint
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