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[[File:Miniature panthéon lenepveu.jpg|thumb|La Vie de Jeanne d'Arc from the Panthéon, Paris, France (Wikimedia Commons)]]
'''Timeline of the Saint Joan of Arc'''
'''Timeline of the Saint Joan of Arc'''


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= 1429 =
= 1429 =
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|Jan
|January
|Joan stays with her uncle , Durand Laxart at Burey-le-Petit
|Joan stays with her uncle , Durand Laxart at Burey-le-Petit
|She visits under the pretext of assisting is pregnant wife
|She visits under the pretext of assisting is pregnant wife
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|Jan-Feb
|January-February
|Second visit to Vaucouleurs; Joan is again rebuffed by Baudricourt; however her notoriety rises, leading to great curiosity about he in the region.
|Second visit to Vaucouleurs; Joan is again rebuffed by Baudricourt; however her notoriety rises, leading to great curiosity about he in the region.
|Joan says "farewell" to a friend  
|Joan says "farewell" to a friend  
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|early Feb
|early February
|Joan is summoned by the Duke of Lorraine
|Joan is summoned by the Duke of Lorraine
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|Feb 12
|February 12
|Joan tells Baudricourt the French would lose another battle.  
|Joan tells Baudricourt the French would lose another battle.  
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|Feb 12
|February 12
|French forces lose the Battle of the Herrings
|French forces lose the Battle of the Herrings
|The French had attacked an English supply convoy that was carrying salted herring to their troops at Orléans.
|The French had attacked an English supply convoy that was carrying salted herring to their troops at Orléans.
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|Feb 13
|February 13
|Baudricourt sends Joan away for the second time
|Baudricourt sends Joan away for the second time
|It was the first Sunday of Lent that year, and Joan had returned to Vaucouleurs
|It was the first Sunday of Lent that year, and Joan had returned to Vaucouleurs
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|They turn back, realizing that they need Baudricourt's introduction
|They turn back, realizing that they need Baudricourt's introduction
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|Feb 22
|February 22
|Joan returns and Baudricourt, now convinced by her prediciton of the Battle of Herrings, agrees to send Joan to see the Dauphin
|Joan returns and Baudricourt, now convinced by her prediciton of the Battle of Herrings, agrees to send Joan to see the Dauphin
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|Feb 22
|February 22
|Joan departs for Chinon to meet the Dauphin; Baudricourt supplies her with a horse and gear; she also acquires men's clothing and cuts her hair
|Joan departs for Chinon to meet the Dauphin; Baudricourt supplies her with a horse and gear; she also acquires men's clothing and cuts her hair
|Joan stated, " I had with me a Knight, a Squire, and four servants" She continues, "Robert de Baudricourt made those who went with me swear to conduct me well and safely. ‘Go,’ said Robert de Baudricourt to me, ‘Go! and let come what may!’<ref>Jeanne D‘arc, by T. Douglas Murray_The Trials_The Project Gutenberg eBook.pdf, p 12</ref>
|Joan stated, " I had with me a Knight, a Squire, and four servants" She continues, "Robert de Baudricourt made those who went with me swear to conduct me well and safely. ‘Go,’ said Robert de Baudricourt to me, ‘Go! and let come what may!’<ref>Jeanne D‘arc, by T. Douglas Murray_The Trials_The Project Gutenberg eBook.pdf, p 12</ref>
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|Mar 6
|March 6
|Joan and her party arrive at Chinon
|Joan and her party arrive at Chinon
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|Mar 9
|March 9
|Joan meets the Dauphin
|Joan meets the Dauphin
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|Before or after the inquiry, Joan is also examined by ladies of the Court to confirm her virginity
|Before or after the inquiry, Joan is also examined by ladies of the Court to confirm her virginity
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|Mar 22
|March 22
|Joan dictates her audacious letter of warning to the English King and his commander in France, the Duke of Bedford
|Joan dictates her audacious letter of warning to the English King and his commander in France, the Duke of Bedford
| Likely written from Poitiers where she was under interrogation by the King's counselors
| Likely written from Poitiers where she was under interrogation by the King's counselors
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|Mar 25
|March 25
|Joan goes on traditional pilgrimage to Le Puy-en-Vley when Good Friday and Annunciation coincide
|Joan goes on traditional pilgrimage to Le Puy-en-Vley when Good Friday and Annunciation coincide
|Her mother was also on a pilgrimage there  
|Her mother was also on a pilgrimage there  
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=== Relief of Orléans ===
=== Relief of Orléans April-May 1429 ===
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|April
|April
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|English abandon Orléans
|English abandon Orléans
|Joan counsels mercy and not to chase after the English.
|Joan counsels mercy and not to chase after the English.
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=== Loire Campaign, June 1429 ===
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|June 11-12
|Battle of Jargeau: Joan personally leads the assault upon the walls and takes the fortified town.
|The Duke d'Alencon said the French killed 1,000 English soldiers while pursuing them out of the town.<ref>Murray, p. 278</ref>
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|June 15
|Battle of Meung-sur-Loire
|French forces easily take a strategic bridge and run the English out of the town
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|June 16-17
|Battle of Beaugency
|Count of Richemont arrives night of the first day, and is welcomed by Joan over the objections of other leaders
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|June 18
|Battle of Patay: tremendous French victory that opens the path to Reims
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=== Reims & the Coronation of Charles VII ===
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|June 30
|French minister La Trémoïlle begins negotiations with the Burgundians
|The deception and undermining of Joan by the French court begins
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|July 17
|July 17
|Dauphin crowned
|Dauphin coronated as King Charles VII at Reims; Joan is given prominent placement in the ceremony along with her battle flag
|Charles VII lingers at Reims while Joan urges an attack on Paris.
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|July 17
|The same day of the Coronation of Charles VII, Joan [[Joan of Arc letter to the Duke of Burgundy|sends a letter to the Duke of Burgundy]].
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|Aug 26
|July 22
|Soissons surrenders to Joan
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|mid-August
|The English commander Bedford names the Duke of Burgundy governor of Paris<ref>Pernoud, Her Story, p. 74</ref>
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|August 15
|English and French armies led by their respective heads, the English Duke of Bedford and the French King Charles VII, line up at Montépilloy outside of Paris
|on August 16, the English army moves back to Paris
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|August 26
|Joan at St. Denis outside of Paris
|Joan at St. Denis outside of Paris
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|Aug 28
|August 28
|Charles VII signs secret pact with Duke of Burgundy to halt military operations through Christmas
|Charles VII signs secret pact with Duke of Burgundy to halt military operations through Christmas
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|Sep 8
|September 8
|Joan leads assault upon walls of Paris and is injured
|Joan leads assault upon walls of Paris and is injured
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|Sep 10
|September 10
|Charles VII orders retreat from the advance upon Paris
|Charles VII orders retreat from the advance upon Paris
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|Sep 18
|September 18
|Charles signs another treay with the Duke of Burgundy
|Charles signs another treay with the Duke of Burgundy
|In November, the truce is agreed to be extended through Easter
|In November, the truce is agreed to be extended through Easter
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|Oct 10
|October 10
|Chancellor of France Regnault de Chartres heads to St. Denis to secretly negotiate directly with the English on behalf of Charles VII.
|Chancellor of France Regnault de Chartres heads to St. Denis to secretly negotiate directly with the English on behalf of Charles VII.
|de Chartres was also the Archbishop of Rheims who had coronated Charles VII.  
|Chartres was also the Archbishop of Rheims who had coronated Charles VII.  
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|Nov 4
|November 4
|Joan leads the assault upon the fortified town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.  
|Joan leads the assault upon the fortified town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.  
|Charles VII enobles Joan following the battle.  
|Charles VII enobles Joan following the battle.  
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|Nov 24
|November 24
|Joan's first defeat at La Charité,
|Joan's defeat at La Charité
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= 1430 =
= 1430 =
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|April
|Joan prays for a dead baby who revives long enough to be baptized before dying again.
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|April 16
|Easter Sunday
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|April 23
|April 23
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|Feb 21
|Feb 21
|Joan's show trial at Rouen commences
|Joan's show trial at Rouen commences with the first of six "public examinations" (the court later moved to "private examinations" as it was getting embarrassed by Joan's testimonies). Present on the 21st at the Castle of Rouen was Bishop Cauchon and forty-two "Assessors", made up of clerics and theologians from Rouen and Paris.
|The English hand Joan over to a French ecclesiastical court, but, in violation of that transfer of authority, keep her in an English prison; normally she would be held in a Church prison for women  
|The English hand Joan over to a French ecclesiastical court, but, in violation of that transfer of authority, keep her in an English prison; normally she would be held in a Church prison for women  
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|March 27-28
|The Seventy Articles read to Joan over two days, and she is required to respond to each.
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|May 9
|May 9
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|Joan is burned at the stake
|Joan is burned at the stake
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|June 7
|Testimonies of several Judges recorded in the highly dubious "Subsequent Examinations" about confessions and interrogations with Joan on May 30th.
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== 1434 ==
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|Nov 30
|A deep freeze settled on France and England starting on the Feast Day of the Saint Andrew, Patron Saint of the Burgundian, leading to hardship across Normandy and discontent with the English occupation.
|The Thames Froze<ref>On 30 November (ironically the feast of Saint Andrew, patron saint of the Burgundians) ‘it began to freeze extraordinarily hard. This frost lasted a quarter of a year, less nine days, without ever thawing, and it snowed as well for forty days without stopping night or day.’ In England the Thames and its estuary froze, so that wine ships from Bordeaux had to be unloaded at Sandwich.
Barker, Juliet. Conquest: The English Kingdom of France, 1417–1450 (p. 215). Harvard University Press. Kindle Edition. </ref>
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== 1435 ==
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|Local revolts against English erupt between Falaise, Carentan, and Bayeux<ref>At the turn of the new year, 1435, the area between Falaise, Carentan and Bayeux erupted in the first popular uprising in the history of the English kingdom of France.
Barker, Juliet. Conquest: The English Kingdom of France, 1417–1450 (p. 216). Harvard University Press. Kindle Edition. </ref>
|La Hire continued raids, and the Duke d'Alencon (Bastard of Orleans) led the rebel army
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|June 1
|The Bastard of Orleans takes Saint Denis
|English defenders were "slaughtered without mercy"<ref>the ‘English’ garrison was slaughtered without mercy,
Barker, Juliet. Conquest: The English Kingdom of France, 1417–1450 (p. 219). Harvard University Press. Kindle Edition. </ref>
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