The Battle of Tours takes place in modern-day France, where Frankish forces led by Charles Martel defeat an invading Muslim army, halting the spread of Islam into Europe.
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The Battle of Tours takes place in France, where Frankish forces under Charles Martel defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, The large invading Islamic army was led by Emir Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi Abd al Rahman. During the battle, the Franks defeated the Islamic army and Emir Abd er Rahman was killed.
This battle stopped the northward advance of Islam from the Iberian peninsula, and is considered by most historians to be of macro historical importance, in that it halted the Islamic conquests, during a period in which Islam was conquering the remains of the old Roman and Persian Empires. More
Frankish leader Charles Martel defeats the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate forces, led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi near Tours, France at the Battle of Poitiers, (sometimes called the Battle of Tours) on October 10, 732 AD. halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe and paving the way for the establishment of the Carolingian dynasty, led later by Martel's grandson, Charlemagne.
Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne arrives in France after suffering a major defeat at the Battle of Culloden on April 16, 1746, during his Jacobite rebellion as he attempted to restore the the Stuart monarchy.
He was welcomed in France as a hero but was unable to get further French support since France had made peace with Britain and he was forced to leave France in 1748. Charles never regained the throne and lived the rest of his life in exile. He later suffered from alcoholism and died in Rome in 1788.
Cuba Independence Day. It Commemorates the beginning of the 10 years unsuccessful war of independence from Spain from 1868-78. and the the U.S. intervention in 1898 that ended the Spanish colonial presence in the Americas. Following the war, U.S. forces occupied Cuba until 1902, when the United States allowed a new Cuban government to take full control of the state’s affairs.
As a condition of independence, the United States forced Cuba to grant a continuing U.S. right to intervene on the island in accordance with the Platt Amendment. The amendment was repealed in 1934 when the United States and Cuba signed a Treaty of Relations.
Fiji's Independence Day from the UK. (Fiji Day) Commemorates the signing of the Instruments of Independence.
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U.S. Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew, during President Richard Nixon Administration, resigns after pleading “no contest” to a charge of income tax evasion connected with kickbacks he received during his tenure as Maryland’s governor following months of maintaining his innocence.
After his resignation Agnew left politics, was disbarred in 1974 and went to representing a variety of international clients, splitting his time between California and Maryland. Nixon replaced him with House Republican leader Gerald Ford.
Malala Yousafzai, then 17, and children's rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi, are jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace prize for their work in combating the suppression of children and fighting for the right of all children to education. View all Nobel Peace Prizes