30 October 1428 · Europe
Siege of Orléans (1428–1429)
From 1428, English forces enclosed Orléans, a Loire city still held for the French king. In 1429 Joan of Arc reached the city with a relief army, and the siege became the turning campaign of the later Hundred Years’ War.
Commanders
- Joan of Arc · Warrior
- Date
- 30 October 1428
- Place
- Orléans · France
- Region
- Europe