Siege of Orléans

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Date	October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429
Location	France • Orléans
Participants	France • England
Context	Hundred Years’ War

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Battle of Sluys

June 24, 1340

Battle of Crécy

August 26, 1346

Battle of Neville’s Cross

October 17, 1346

Combat of the Thirty

March 27, 1351

Battle of Poitiers

September 19, 1356

Jacquerie

May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358

Battle of Agincourt

October 25, 1415

Siege of Rouen

July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419

Siege of Orléans

October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429

Battle of Formigny

April 15, 1450

Battle of Castillon

July 17, 1453

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc

St. Joan of Arc

French heroine

Jean d’Orléans, comte de Dunois

French military commander

Thomas de Montagu, 4th earl of Salisbury

English military officer

John Talbot, 1st earl of Shrewsbury

English military officer

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