1429 in France

Events from the year 1429 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles 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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