OTD 30.5 May 30th Traditional Cache

OTD - 30:5 

Perhaps you want a smiley for every day of the year or maybe a birthday smiley. For whatever reason these 12 mini monthly power trails are here to be found. Most are easily located, with an occasional sneaky one in the mix, sat lock can be difficult in some areas.

Here are some facts for this day. You are welcome to log your interesting, quirky or fun fact/s with your log.

On This Day - May 30th 1431

Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. 

Whilst the exact date of Joan of Arc's birth is not known, traditionally she is regarded to have been born on 6 January 1412, in Domrémy, France. As a teenager, Joan of Arc received visions urging her to organise French resistance against English domination. In 1429, despite being a woman, she led the charge which attacked the English and forced them to retreat from Orléans. As she led further charges, she helped turn the Hundred Years War unequivocally in France's favour.

In 1430, several months after her victory against the English, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and sold to the English. Her claims of receiving visions and divine inspiration resulted in her being accused of heresy and witchcraft. During her trial in March 1431, she retracted her claims of visions and was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, she recanted on her retraction, and as a heretic, was burned at the stake on 30 May 1431 in Rouen.

Twenty five years after her death, King Charles VII ordered a rehabilitation trial that annulled the proceedings of the original trial. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920.