On 7th May 1429, Joan of Arc was hit by a bolt while she climbed a ladder to attack the Bastille of Tournelles.


On 7th May 1429, during the deliverance of Orléans, as part of the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc was hit by a bolt while she climbed a ladder to attack the Bastille of Tournelles. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Deuxième Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860


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