Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was Born

Jan 1, 1412

Joan of Arc was born in the 14 century in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France. Isabelle Romee and Jacques d'Arc were her parents. Isabelle grew up in Vouthon. This was a town where everyone knew each other. She then moved to Domremy where she married Jacques d'Arc. Jacques was a farmer in this town with about fifty acres of land. Together they created a family which consisted of 3 sons and 2 daughters. This remarkable information brought the Joan of Arc into our world.
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The Battle of Agincourt

Jan 1, 1415

The battle took place in a muddy farmer's field in northern France on October 25, 1415 and was one in a series of encounters between France and England that has become known as the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). Henry was successful, but the time-consuming effort took over a month. Most of Henry's army was made up of archers; the remainder consisted of armored knights who fought on foot.
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Southern Africa Mutota Begins Mutapa Empire

Jan 1, 1420

In 1420 Mutota in Southern Africa started a Mutapa Empire. Mutota thought it was a great state to replace Great Zimbabwe. With this they conquered northern Shona. The empire also fell in 1450 too. They also mined gold to send to cities to gain money and also trade.
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Brunelleschi Begins Work on the Dumbo in Florence

Jan 1, 1420

Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the leading architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance, and is best known for his work on the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo) in Florence. He helped lead everyone in the right direction to make such great changes to the Dumbo. He was one of the most successful people at guiding everyone to make the right choices.
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The Visions

Jan 1, 1424

Joan was born with having crazy visions. When she was about 12-13 she started to realize these vision and as she got older they got more and more intense. Because of this disorder that no one else had everyone started to believe that it was witch craft. This is because if you were a witch you would see the devil and that is what everyone believed that she was seeing. This caused her to have a short life and die at only 19 years old.
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City Lost Hope for Charles VII

Jan 1, 1429

Since Charles VII wasn't doing much during war the city started to feel like they were going to lose the war. Soon enough Joan came in and gave advice to Charles and asked him if the troops could trust her and give her the power to try and win this war. Eventually they did overcome against France and won the war because of Joan!
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Granted an Escort

Feb 1, 1429

The third time Joan was granted an escort, and was let out in February. She then arrived 11 days later at Chinon. Then she was immediately taken to be examined and had to see the King days after.
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Battle of Orleans

May 8, 1429

Believe it or not, Joan of Arc successfully lead a French force to break the siege. Even with her visions/hearing problems, she was able to be successful at leading this French force. Everyone believed her and this because a significant part in history today!
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Captured by Burgundian

Sep 1, 1429

Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians in 1429. This was because they wante to sell her to the English. The English wanted to buy her so they could kill her after they had asked they're questions. This was to make sure that she was dead and no longer a threat to their country.
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Burned at Stake

Jan 1, 1431

Joan was burned at her trial after being caught guilty. This was due to her visions that she had. Since she had expressed them to many people, everyone started to believe it was witch craft. This then caused Joan to be a threat to the town and because of this the only way the town would be able to get rid of her was to kill her.
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Treaty for Heresy

Jan 1, 1431

Joan of Arc lived in France and had believed that God has chosen a path for her to follow. This path was to help lead France to victory in its war against England. Joan had absolutely no military training in her life so the troops were pretty skeptical about this. After winning and seeing Charles VII crowned Joan was then captured and sent for trial since everyone didn't understand how she completed this task.
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Went To Trial

Jan 13, 1431

The church asked most of the questions at this trial. Most of these questions Joan answered and didn't lie. At first the church asked various questions about whether she's a witch and is hiding it or if she is apart of witch craft. Some of these questions she refused to answer which then lead England to feel worried. This lead to Joan to be burned at stake after answering these questions.
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Inca Empire

Jan 1, 1438

The Inca Empire was a small empire in Southern America (Peru), but gradually grew land over time. This empire wanted a peaceful vibe where there weren't many wars and thankfully there weren't many since they were far away from many kingdoms. This empire also didn't have a huge population.
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Great Zimbabwe City of Great Zimbabwe is Abandoned

Jan 10, 1450

When this city was abandoned the kingdom continued as the historical Mwene. This was because of this kingdom using too much land, less trees to get wood from, and the distance was getting further and further away so they couldn't trade as often. Their ability to mine gold was dwindling down since they couldn't find anymore since they already dug it all out of the ground

The Hundred Years War

Oct 19, 1453

This war was between 1337 to 1453. The Hundred Years war was significant to Joan since she had tried to stop it. This war was with Charles VII of France vs. England. Joan stood up from unimportance to win this war. She was given trust from the troops to fight England. This helped France to achieve victory over England.
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Portugal's Prince Henry Sponsors Exploration of Africa's Coast

Jan 1, 1460

Henry the Navigator was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1394. Although he was neither a sailor nor a navigator, he sponsored a great deal of exploration along the west coast of Africa. Portuguese crews founded the country's first colonies and visited regions previously unknown to Europeans. Henry is regarded as an originator of the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade.
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