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Showing posts with label Charles Martel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Martel. Show all posts
Monday, March 21, 2016

History Trivia - Battle of Vincy

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March 21 717 Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid who returned defeated to Neustria.   Instead of following the army imm...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

History Trivia - Temple of Apollo at Daphne destroyed by fire

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  October 22 362 A mysterious fire destroyed the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch.  741 King Charles Martel, the gra...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

History Trivia - Battle at Tours: Charles Martel victorious

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October 17 733 Battle at Tours: Charles Martel (grandfather of Charlemagne) defeated Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden, and halted a northwar...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

History Trivia - Battle of Tours - Charles Martel victorious

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October 11 732 Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeated a large army of...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

History Trivia - Mount Vesuvius begins to stir

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August 23  79 Mount Vesuvius ( a stratovolcano on the Bay of Naples, Italy) began to stir, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god o...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

History Trivia - Cleopatra restored to the throne

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March 21  47 BC, Julius Caesar defeated Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra's brother and rival, at Alexandria, Egypt, thus restoring Cleopatra...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

History Trivia - fire destroys the temple of Apollo at Daphne

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October 22  362 A mysterious fire destroyed the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch. 741 King Charles Martel, the grandfather...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

History Trivia - Battle of Tours - Charles Martel defeats the Moors

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October 11  732 Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeated a large army of M...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

History Trivia - William Wallace, Scottish patriot, executed for high treason

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August 23 79 Mount Vesuvius ( a stratovolcano on the Bay of Naples, Italy) began to stir, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of f...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

History Trivia - King Charles Martel dies

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October 22  362 A mysterious fire destroyed the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch. 741 King Charles Martel, the grandfather...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

History Trivia - Charles Martel defeats Islamic Army, halting expansion into Western Europe

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October 17 539 BC King Cyrus The Great of Persia marched into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and ...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

History Trivia - Charles Martel defeats the Moors

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October 10, 19 Germanicus, the best loved of Roman princes, died of poisoning. On his deathbed he accuses Piso, the governor of Syria, of ...