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Battle at Tours: Charles Martel (grandfather of Charlemagne) defeated Abd
al-Rachmans Omajjaden, and halted a northward Islamic expansion into western
Europe.
1091 A tornado struck the heart of London which destroyed the rebuilt
Norman London Bridge.
1346 Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland
was captured by Edward III of England near Durham, and imprisoned in the Tower
of London for eleven years.
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