Saint Joan of Arc (Jeanne la Pucelle)/Joan of Arc Timeline

Timeline of the Saint Joan of Arc

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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
1417	Pope Martin V elected, ending the Western Schism	the Avignon antipope continues his claim on the office, although without French backing (which he lost several years before, which allowed for the eventual settlement in 1417)
1418	The French Burgundian faction seizes Paris
1419	Beginnings of the Burgundian alliance with the English and warring with the Armagnac faction
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
1423	Domrémy forced to pay a protection fee to a commander who had in 1419 sacked a nearby Burgundian village
1424
Summer	Joan experiences her first visions, starting with the Archangel Michael and then with Saints Catherine and Margaret	Possibly 1425; Joan said she was 13, so the year depends on assumptions of her birth year
1428
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's first trip to Vaucouleurs to meet Robert de Baudricourt; he rebuffs her and sends her home	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
1429
Jan	Joan stays with her uncle , Durand Laxart at Burey-le-Petit	She visits under the pretext of assisting is pregnant wife
Jan-Feb	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
early Feb	Joan is summoned by the Duke of Lorraine
Feb 12	Joan tells Baudricourt the French would lose another battle.
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
Feb 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 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!’
	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.
April 4	Joan composes letter to King of England
	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,
1430
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
1431
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

Sources

• Pernoud, Regine, Joan of Arc: her story, Appendix 11
• Murray, T, Douglas, Jeanne D‘arc, The Trials, starting p. 377, "CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF JEANNE D’ARC"