📅 On This Day in Military History

May 23

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⚔️📍 Compiègne, France1430

Joan of Arc Captured at Compiègne

Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundian forces allied with England during a sortie from Compiègne. She was pulled from her horse by an archer and taken prisoner, eventually sold to the English for 10,000 livres.

Joan's capture ended her military career; after a politically motivated trial for heresy, she was burned at the stake at age 19, becoming one of history's most enduring martyrs.

Outcome

Joan captured; burned at the stake May 30, 1431