Saint Joan of Arc (Jeanne la Pucelle)/Joan of Arc Timeline
Timeline of the Saint Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc, 1412-1431
| DATE | EVENT | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1337–1453 | Hundred Years War between France and England | Not a continuous war, but a series of events, battles, alliances, treaties, etc. that decided control of France |
| 1412 | Jeanne born to Jacques and Isabelle Darc (or similar surname) | Her birth date was given by a contemporary as Feb 12, but she never claimed that day; Joan said that she was never called by her last name, so she never heard the words, "Jeanne d'Arc". |
| Jan 6 | Joan's birthdate corresponding to the Epiphany. | Per a contemporary but never affirmed by Joan |
| 1415 | Battle of Agincourt (overwhelming English victory) | Henry V of England re-asserts English claims on France and commences accumulation of territory in northern France |
| 1418 | The French Burgundian faction seizes Paris | |
| 1419 | Burgundian alliance with the English | |
| 1420 | Treaty of Troyes gives French succession to English King Henry V | the English maintain their claim on the French throne through the infant king, Henry VI, who assumed the title upon the death of French King Charles VI. He would be crowned King of France in Paris in 1431 under English-Burgundian control of the city. |
| 1422 | Charles VI of France and Henry V of England die; the infant king Henry VI declared by the English to be King of France | |
| Summer | Joan experiences her first visions, starting with the Archangel Michael and then with Saints Catherine and Margaret | Joan said she was 13, so the year depends on assumptions of her birth year |
| Joan's first vision with St. Michael the Archangel | ||
| May | Joan's father allows her to visit a cousin at Burey-le-Petit, who was expecting | the location was near to Vaucouleurs, to where her uncle brought her |
| May 13 | Joan travels to Vaucouleurs and meets Robert de Baudricourt, who rebuffs her. | Coincides with the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord |
| June | Domreme raided by Burgundian forces and burnt and ransacked. | Domréme villagers flee to Neufchateau for protection from bandits; there, a man sues Joan for breach of marital contract |
| July | Joan and her family escape to Neufchâteau and stay with "la Rousse" for | |
| Oct 12 | The siege of Orleans begins | |
| Fall | Joan again travels to Vaucouleurs to meet Robert de Baudricourt who this time agrees to help her to meet the Dauphin. | or possibly in Jan 1429 |
| Jan | Joan returns to Vaucouleurs and is again rejected by Baudricourt | Joan says "farewell" to a friend |
| Joan tells Baudricourt the French would lose another battle. He rebuffs her again and she goes home. | ||
| Feb 12 | 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. |
| Feb 13 | Baudricourt sends Joan away for the second time | It was the first Sunday of Lent that year, and Joan had returned to Vaucouleurs |
| Joan, her uncle and another supporter try to go to Chinon by themselves | They turn back, realizing that they need Baudricourt's introduction | |
| Feb 22 | Joan returns and Baudricourt, now convinced by her prediciton of the Battle of Herrings, agrees to send Joan to see the Dauphin | |
| February | Joan travels to Chinon to meet the Dauphin | She is escorted by guards from Vaucouleurs |
| Joan meets the Dauphin | ||
| Mar 22 | 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 |
| Mar 25 | Joan goes on traditional pilgrimage to Le Puy-en-Vley when Good Friday and Annunciation coincide | Her mother was also on a pilgrimage there |
| The Dauphin orders armor plate for Joan (very specialized); | Joan asks for the sword from Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois, which was found be+9-hind the altar where, from afar, she had instructed them to find it. | |
| Siege of Orleans lifted under Joan's leadership | ||
| April 29 | Joan leads the French army across the Loire and into the City of Orleans. | Joan prays at the Cathedral of Orleans |
| May 6-7 | Joan leads asault on English positions outside of Orléans | She is wounded but returns to the field and leads a final charge |
| May 8 | English abandon Orléans | |
| July 17 | Dauphin crowned | |
| Nov 4 | Joan leads the assault upon the fortified town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. | Charles VII enobles Joan following the battle. |
| Nov 24 | Joan's first defeat at La Charité, | |
| May 23 | Joan captured by Burgundians at the siege of Compiègne | Joan was delivered to the Duke of Luxumbourg |
| Charles VII refuses to pay her ranson | ||
| English pay the ranson and she is transferred to Rouen | ||
| Feb 21 | Joan's show trial at Rouen commences | |
| May 24 | Joan signs the abjuration document | |
| May 28 | Joan rescinds her abjuration | |
| May | Joan is convicted of heresy in ecclesiastical court | |
| May 30 | Joan is burned at the stake | |
| 1456, July 7 | The conviction is invalidated and Joan is declared a martyr for France | |
| 1905, April 11 | Joan beatified by Pope Pius X | |
| 1920, May 16 | Saint Joan canonized by Pope Benedict XVI | |