Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc, born in 1412, was a French peasant girl who believed she was on a divine mission from the saints. She aggressively led the French to several decisive victories over the English during the Hundred Years' War, and is considered a 15th century French heroine. At the age of 19, in 1431, she was tried for heresy and then burned at the stake. In 1909 she was beatified, and in 1920 canonized as a saint.

• 1412: Born
• 1431: Burned at the stake
• 1455: Found innocent and declared a martyr
• 1909: Beatified by Pope Saint Pius X
• 1920: Cannonized by Pope Benedict XV

Since her execution, Joan of Arc has served as a source of inspiration for numerous authors and composers, including William Shakespeare, Voltaire, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mark Twain and George Bernard Shaw. Variations of her have also appeared in movies and on television. One of which was the television miniseries, Joan of Arc, starring Leelee Sobieski.

• 1412: Born

• 1429: Traveled through Lorraine to Vaucouleurs and leaves for Chinon

• 1429: May 8, Liberation of Orleans Joan's Victory

• 1430: Joan leaves Sully where the French court resided & conquers Compiegne

• 1430: Captured by the bastard of Vandonne and turned over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon

• 1430: Imprisonment at the Beaulieu and Beaurevoir

• 1430: Transfer from Beaurevoir to Rouen

• 1431: January - Opening of her condamnation trial

• 1431: May - St Ouen cemetary, renounced her confession

• 1431: 28, May - Proclaimed a relapsed heretic and abandoned to secular authorities

• 1431: 30, May - In the morning, Joan is burnt alive on Rouen's old market square

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• The Simpsons: "Joan of Arc" Clip (Time: 6:56)

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