Battle of Tours

732

Charles Martel's Franks stop an Umayyad army advancing into Gaul.

Type: Battle
Date: 732
Place: France

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Who was alive during Battle of Tours

Bede c. 673–735, historian
Bilge Qaghan 683–734, khagan
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 685–762, emperor
Charles Martel c. 688–741, military leader
Wu Daozi c. 689–c. 759, painter
Abu Hanifa c. 699–767, imam
Wang Wei c. 699–761, poet
Adi Shankara c. 700–c. 750, philosopher
Li Bai 701–762, poet
Jaʽfar al-Sadiq c. 702–765, imam
Malik ibn Anas c. 711–795, imam
Du Fu 712–770, poet
Pepin the Short c. 714–768, king
Rabia of Basra c. 717–801, Sufi mystic
Abd al-Rahman I 731–788, emir