May 30, 1431★★★★★
Joan of Arc burned at Rouen
Captured and tried by a pro-English church court, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake; she was rehabilitated in 1456 and canonized in 1920.
DeathReligion· France
Timeline
6 events15th century
18th century
- January 21, 1793★★★★★
Execution of Louis XVI
Condemned by the National Convention, the former king Louis XVI is guillotined at the Place de la Révolution in Paris.
RevolutionDeathPolitics· France
19th century
- April 7, 1803★★★★★
Death of Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution, dies while imprisoned at Fort de Joux in France.
Death· Haiti, France - May 5, 1821★★★★★
Death of Napoleon on Saint Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena.
Death· France - July 29, 1890★★★★★
Death of Vincent van Gogh
The Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh dies at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, little recognised in his lifetime.
DeathArt· France, Netherlands
20th century
- 1941 – 1945★★★★★
The Holocaust
Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murder some six million European Jews, along with millions of other victims.
WarDeath· Germany, Poland, Austria, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Czechia, Netherlands, France