Joan of Arc died on 30 May 1431 in Rouen, aged about 19. 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
- 8 May 1429Joan of Arc relieves Orleans
- 1 January 1431Birth of Alexander VI
- 1431Construction of Šibenik Cathedral
- 1431Construction of Bratislava Castle
- 30 May 1431Death of Joan of Arc
- 1432Ghent Altarpiece
- 30 March 1432Birth of Mehmed II
- 1434Construction of Malmö Castle
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