Historical place archive

Chinon in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Chinon in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

10 records4 event labels4 people1214–1429

Historical events in Chinon

1214

18 September 1214
Peace
Philip II · House of Capetian

John & Philip make a truce by the peace of Chinon

1242

April 1242
Mobilization
Louis IX · Saintonge War

Louis IX begins to assemble a force at Chinon

1428

1428
Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc · Hundred Years War

Sent by Robert de Baudricourt to see the Dauphin for an army to liberate France

1429

March 1429
Voice from God
Joan of Arc · Hundred Years War

Charles orders Joan to be questioned by theologians at Chinon & Poitiers, the clergy give her their approval & advise Charles to grant her request of an army to raise the siege of Orleans

6 March 1429
Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc · Hundred Years War

Arrives at Chinon to join the Dauphin

8 March 1429
Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc · Hundred Years War

Meets the Dauphin

9 March 1429
Voice from God
Charles VII · Hundred Years War

Joan of Arc meets Charles VII

9 March 1429
Voice from God
Joan of Arc · Hundred Years War

Joan of Arc meets Charles VII

April 1429
Siege of Orleans
Joan of Arc · Hundred Years War

The King supplies Joan with armour & horses & sends her to the army outside Orleans

May 1429
Voice from God
Charles VII · Hundred Years War

Durand Lassois takes Joan to Vaucouleurs again, Baudricourt finally consented to give her an escort of 6 soldiers to bring her before Charles VII at Chinon

Provenance

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