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1425: ·Joan begins to
hear voices1412: Joan of Arc born and
baptized in Domremy1428: ·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 1429:
13th: 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 the
command of a small force.
27th: ·Joan and her troops set
out from Blois to relieve French
forces at the Siege of Orleans
29th:·Joan and La Hire reach
Orleans, where they are told
to wait for reinforcements.June 1429:
18th: Battle
of PatayJuly 1429
16th:·Dauphin's army reaches Reims
17th: The Dauphin is crowned
King of France
20th: Charles leaves Reims and
parades around the regionMay 1429:
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.January 1431
3rd: Joan transferred to Bishop Pierre
Cauchon's control for interrogation.
13th: Joan's trial begins.May 1431
24th: Upon reading her sentence,
Joan, frightened, signs a last-minute
abjuration.
29th: Joan is transferred from ecclesiastic
to secular authority after rescinding her
abjuration.
30th: ·Joan is burned at the stake.1450:Charles VII orders an investigation
into Joan of Arc's trialMay 1920
16th: ·Pope Benedict XV
makes Joan of Arc a saint.August 1429
2nd: Charles retreats to Loire
14th: French and English forces
skirmish at Senlis
28th: Burgundy and France sign
a four-month truce.September 1429:
8th: ·Assault on
Paris begins.December 1429: Charles raises
Joan, her
parents, and her brothers
to nobility status.May 1430
14th: Joan reaches
Compiegne.
25th: Paris learns
of Joan's capture.
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