Joan of Arc – May 30, 1431
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake – May 30, 1431
On this date in the year 1431, a peasant girl, the daughter of Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romée, known as Joan of Arc, after a trial for heresy that was politically motivated, was burned at the stake. The tribunal was composed entirely of pro-English and Burgundian clerics, and overseen by English commanders including the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Warwick From Wikipedia: Joan of Arc….
