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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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