A Year In History: 732

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This Year in History:

732

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

October 10

Battle of Tours

At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe. Abd-ar-Rahman, the Muslim governor of Cordoba, was killed in the fighting, and the Moors retreated from Gaul, never to return in such force. Charles was the illegitimate […]

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