On this day, 596 years ago, April 29, 1429 (March 26, 1429, the lunar calendar), Joan of Arc led an army to Orleans and began to lift the siege of Orleans. Joan of Arc (1412-1431) was a French national hero. She was born in a devout Catholic farmhouse in the village of Donglielay (in the present-day province of Vosges) at the junction of Chamcha and Lorraine on the northeastern border of France. In October 1428, the British army besieged the city of Orléans south of Paris in an attempt to occupy the entire of France. At the time of the survival of the nation, 16-year-old Joan of Arc was determined to save her country. After several efforts, she persuaded a commander to arrange for her to go to Chinon to meet Prince Charles and asked for an army to rescue the city of Orleans. In April 1429, Joan of Arc led 6000 men to Orleans and entered the city of Orleans on April 29. On May 8, she defeated the besieged British army and turned the tide. The people called her the "Lady of Orleans." Joan is determined to regain Paris. Due to her high expectations, she aroused suspicion among Charles VII and the great aristocrats and did not support her. In May 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Bocidians and sold to the British army. The ecclesiastical court sentenced Joan to death for being a heresy and a witch. He was burned at the stake in Rouen on May 30, 1431.