1431

Events

• February 21 - The trial of Joan of Arc
• March 3 - Eugenius IV becomes Pope
• May 30 - In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.
• Foundation of University of Poitiers
• Battle of Inverlochy

Births

• January 1 - Pope Alexander VI
• November/December - Vlad III Dracula, later reigning Prince of Wallachia.
• François Villon - French poet, thief and vagabond.

Deaths

• February 20 - Pope Martin V
• May 30 - Saint Joan of Arc (b. 1412)