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Joan of Arc: Captured, Tried, Burned (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

Joan of Arc: Captured, Tried, Burned (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)

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 A Daily Dose of History (23 May 2025) Today's historical events: Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War. Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place. The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies. South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state. Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire. Declaration of the Báb the evening before the 23rd: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith; Baháʼís celebrate the day as a holy day. Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States. Information from this episode are sourced from API Ninjas Explanations from OpenAI ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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