Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in Domrémy-la-Pucelle. A French peasant girl, Joan of Arc said that she had heard voices of saints telling her to help Charles VII regain his kingdom during the Hundred Years' War. Given a small command, she helped to lift the English siege of Orléans in 1429 and led the army to victories that enabled Charles to be crowned at Reims. She was captured by Burgundians at Compiègne in 1430, handed to the English and tried for heresy by a church court at Rouen, which condemned her to burn at the stake. A retrial in 1456 declared her innocent, and she was canonised in 1920. She is a national heroine of France.
Before and after
- 1410Construction of Prague Astronomical Clock
- 15 July 1410Battle of Grunwald
- from 26 July 1410 to 19 September 1410Siege of Marienburg
- 1411Construction of Château de Chenonceau
- 1412Birth of Joan of Arc
- 1413Founding of University of St Andrews
- from 1414 to 1451Sayyid dynasty
- from July 1414 to October 1414Hunger War
- from 5 November 1414 to 22 April 1418Council of Constance
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