Heroine Jeanne d'Arc aka La Pucelle d'Orléans 6 January 1412 (+) is born in Domrémy, France. 23 May 1430 (x) is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve the city in Compiègne, France. 3 January 1431 (x) is handed over to the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, France. 30 May 1431 (-) is executed by burning at the stake in Rouen, France. 16 May 1920 (x) is canonised Saint by Pope Benedict XV in Rome, Italy. |
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