Joan of Arc — Timeline
Key moments in the life of Joan of Arc.
1412
Born in Domrémy, a small village in northeastern France
1429
Claims to receive divine visions from Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, and Saint Catherine
1429
Travels to Chinon to meet Charles VII, the Dauphin of France
1429
Leads French forces to victory at the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War
1429
Participates in the coronation of Charles VII at Reims Cathedral
1430
Captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne
1431
Tried for heresy by an English-dominated ecclesiastical court in Rouen
1431
Convicted of heresy and sentenced to death by burning at the stake on May 30
1456
Posthumous retrial overturns her conviction; declared innocent
1920
Canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church