1412. Jeanne d'Arc was born

605 years ago, January 6, 1412, Jeanne d'Arc, a national heroine of France, was born. In 1429, she headed the French resistance to the British during the Hundred Years War. Jeanne claimed that she was sent by God to liberate the country from English domination. She managed to raise the spirit of the people, which caused a fracture in the war in favor of France. But Jeanne herself was captured by the Allies of the British by the Burgundians and in 1431 was burned in Ruan as a heretic. In 1920, the Catholic Church ranked it on the face of saints.