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France in 1431

Historical records for France in 1431, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

13Records
5Events
4Named people
2Places
1Categories

Historical records

January

9 January 1431Arrest of Joan of ArcJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Joan of Arcs trial begins, overseen by pro-English clergy paid by the English Government

9 January 1431TrialJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Joan of Arcs trial begins, overseen by pro-English clergy paid by the English Government

21 January 1431TrialPierre Cauchon

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Joan of Arc is sentenced to life imprisonment. 1st day of the trial of Joan of Arc

February

21 February 1431TrialJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Opening day of the trial. Joan of Arc is tried at a trial headed by Richard de Beauchamp for heresy & blasphemy

May

21 May 1431TrialJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Sentenced to life imprisonment

24 May 1431ExecutionJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Agrees to sign a "confession" after being threatened with summary execution

24 May 1431TrialJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Agrees to sign a "confession" after being threatened with summary execution

28 May 1431TrialJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Recants then declares herself as a lapsed heretic & is handed over to the English. After being maneuvered into putting her soldiers clothing back on, Joan of Arc is declared "relapsed"

30 May 1431Death of Joan of ArcJoan of Arc

Warfare / Hundred Years War

Death of Joan of Arc

30 May 1431ExecutionJoan of Arc

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Witnesses describe how even some of the English officials wept, the English Royal secretary Jean Tressard, is heard exclaiming: "We are all ruined, for a good and holy person was burned". Joan of Arc is executed, burned in the market place at Rouen

30 May 1431ExecutionJean Tressard

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Witnesses describe how even some of the English officials wept, the English Royal secretary Jean Tressard, is heard exclaiming: "We are all ruined, for a good and holy person was burned"

December

2 December 1431CoronationCharles VII

Paris · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Crowned as Henry II of France, under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes

Other Events

1431TrialPierre Cauchon

Rouen · Warfare / Hundred Years War

Conducts the trial of Joan of Arc

Names involved

Charles VIIJean TressardJoan of ArcPierre Cauchon

Places involved

ParisRouen

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.