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==== Europe ====
* [[Charles Martel]], Merovingian [[mayor of the palace]], forms local [[Military alliance|alliance]]s with the [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundians]], and imposes [[Francia|Frankish]] domination on [[Provence]]. He defeats [[Muslim]] forces at [[Sernhac]] and [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]] in [[Septimania]] (Southern [[France]]).<ref>David Nicolle (2008). Poitiers AD 732, Charles Martel turns the Islamic tide (p. 19). {{ISBN|978-184603-230-1}}</ref> 
* [[Battle of Nîmes]]: The [[Franks]] under Charles Martel fail to capture [[Narbonne]] but devastate most of the other settlements, including [[Nîmes]], [[Agde]], [[Béziers]] and [[Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone|Maguelonne]], which Martel views as potential strongholds of the [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyads]].<ref>Riche, Pierre (1993). ''The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe''. University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 45. {{ISBN|0-8122-1342-4}}</ref>