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May 23

 * 1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne. (See Siege of Compiègne.)
 * 1498 - Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake, in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI
 * 1533 - The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.