Aquitaine

State · 629–895 CE · at its largest around 661 CE

A region of south-western Gaul that operated as a semi-independent duchy and later a sub-kingdom within the Frankish realm.

Its battles, in Battle View

Battle of Tours (732 CE)

On its lands while it lasted

Trier (16 BCE – 1618 CE): Capital of Electorate of Trier (1333–1618).
Staffordshire Hoard (c. 650 CE): The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found, with more than 3,500 pieces, mostly fittings from weapons. Buried in the 7th century in Mercia, it was found near Hammerwich in 2009.
Battle of Tours (732 CE): Frankish forces under Charles Martel defeated an Umayyad army between Tours and Poitiers, halting Arab expansion into Gaul.
Charlemagne (c. 747 CE – 814 CE): King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, was crowned emperor in 800 and promoted a revival of learning, the Carolingian Renaissance.
Aachen (c. 768 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Franks (768–843), Middle Franks (855–899), Holy Roman Empire (962–1346), and 1 more.
Carolingian minuscule (c. 780 CE): Clear, standardised script developed in the Carolingian Empire; it is the basis of modern lowercase letters.
Aínsa (c. 825 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Sobrarbe (825–829).
Jaca (c. 830 CE): Capital of County of Aragon (830–921).
Treaty of Verdun (843 CE): Treaty dividing the Carolingian Empire among three grandsons of Charlemagne, roughly foreshadowing France, Germany and Italy.
Alfred the Great (849 CE – 899 CE): King of Wessex who defended his kingdom against the Vikings, reorganised its defences and promoted learning in English.
Great Heathen Army (865–878 CE): A large coalition of Scandinavian warriors landed in East Anglia in 865, took York, and conquered Northumbria, East Anglia and much of Mercia before Alfred the Great defeated Guthrum at Edington in 878.
La Seu d'Urgell (c. 870 CE): Capital of County of Urgell (870–1413).
Sort (c. 875 CE): Capital of County of Pallars (875–1011), County of Pallars Sobirà (1040–1201).