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People: John VI Kantakouzenos
Topic: Boarn, Battle of the
Location: Bamian Bamian Afghanistan

Boarn, Battle of the

Years: 734 - 734

The Battle of the Boarn is an eighth century battle between the Franks and the Frisians near the mouth of the river Boarn in what is now the Dutch province of Friesland.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)