What is the Veld of South Africa? An open grazing area of southern Africa. It is the term applied to grassy plateaus of the Republic of South Africa and of Zimbabwe.
At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy. Joan was born in 1412, the daughter of a tenant farmer at Domremy, on the borders of the duchies of Bar and Lorraine.
When was Joan of Arc burned at the stake? Joan of Arc was burned to death on May 30, 1431 in the French town of Rouen. Learn more about Joan's execution on the Long Biography and History page.