title: 1429 in France
text: # 1429 in France
  
  Events from the year 1429 in France
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Charles VII
  
  ## Events
  
  * 12 February – Battle of the Herrings during the Hundred Years War
  * 29 April – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the siege of Orléans.
  * 7 May – The Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans, falls. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning, wounded, to lead the final charge.
  * 8 May – The English army abandons the siege of Orléans
  * 18 June – At the Battle of Patay the English are beaten forcing them to withdraw from the Loire Valley
  * 17 July – Charles VII is crowned as King of France at the traditional site of Reims
  * 8 September – Joan of Arc leads a failed attempt to capture Paris
  * Unknown – The future Louis XI becomes Dauphin of France
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 12 July – Jean Gerson, scholar (born 1363)
  * Unknown – John Stewart of Darnley, Scottish-born Nobleman and soldier and French ally (born 1380)
  