1429 in France

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1429
in
France

  • 1430
  • 1431
  • 1432
  • 1433
  • 1434
Decades:
  • 1400s
  • 1410s
  • 1420s
  • 1430s
  • 1440s
See also:Other events of 1429
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1429 in France

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCharles VII

Events[]

  • 12 February – Battle of the Herrings during the Hundred Years War
  • 29 April – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the siege of Orléans.
  • 7 May – The Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans, falls. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning, wounded, to lead the final charge.
  • 8 May – The English army abandons the siege of Orléans
  • 18 June – At the Battle of Patay the English are beaten forcing them to withdraw from the Loire Valley
  • 17 July – Charles VII is crowned as King of France at the traditional site of Reims
  • 8 September – Joan of Arc leads a failed attempt to capture Paris
  • Unknown – The future Louis XI becomes Dauphin of France

Deaths[]

  • 12 July – Jean Gerson, scholar (born 1363)
  • Unknown – John Stewart of Darnley, Scottish-born Nobleman and soldier and French ally (born 1380)
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