Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans. A painting by Jules Eugène Lenepveu, picture credit Tijmen Stam

In the year 1429, Joan of Arc enters Orléans with a relief expedition, the Battle of Orleans becoming the watershed of the Hundred Years' War between France and England (Apr 29), the last English siege fortification at Orléans falls as Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning, wounded, to lead the final charge (May 7), fire destroys the city of Turku in Finland, Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand is completed - and all these fine people were born:

1429-0117 Antonio del Pollaiolo* painter/sculptor/birth perhaps 1433 - Florence, Republic of Florence (1498)

1429-0507 Giovanni Pontano* Italian humanist/poet - Cerreto di Spoleto, Papal States (1503/74) birth year in dispute

1429-1001 Andreas Proles* German theologian - Altendresden (1503/73)

Updated 8.2.2022
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