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The Franks under Clovis defeat the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, forcing them to retreat into Spain.
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Justinian is best remembered for his Code of Civil Law (529), and expansion of imperial territory retaking Rome from the Ostrogoths.
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Second Muslim attack on Constantinople, ending in failure. The combined Byzantine–Bulgarian forces stop the Arab threat in Eastern Europe.
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Jerusalem is re-taken from the Muslims on the urging of Pope Urban II.
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The 1215 Charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary, for example by explicitly accepting that no "freeman" could be punished except through the law of the land, a right which is still in existence today.
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Edward I of England invades Scotland, starting the First War of Scottish Independence.
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William Wallace emerges as the leader of the Scottish resistance to England.
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Bulgaria's main religion was Christianity at the time.
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Charlemagne died this day.
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Charlemagne took rule.
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Sets the stage for the founding of the Holy Roman Empire and France as separate states.
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