Battle of Tolbiac
496 · Event
Facing defeat by the Alemanni, Clovis vows to convert if Christ gives him victory — and wins.
On these timelines: France, Master, Christianity, Germany, Major Religions
More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
Around 496
- Reign of Justinian I (527)
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Muhammad (570)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Hagia Sophia (532)
- Sui dynasty (581)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
- Hagia Sophia completed (537)
- Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)