711 Information
Year 711 (DCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 711 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Europe
- April 30 – Ummayad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar, and begin their invasion of the Iberian peninsula and conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom (See Moors, Al-Andalus, and Umayyad conquest of Hispania).
- July 19 – Battle of Guadalete: Ummayad Moors' victory over the Visigothic army. Visigothic king Roderick (Rodrigo in Spanish and Portuguese) dies in the battle.
- Childebert II is succeeded by Dagobert III as king of Austrasia.
Byzantine Empire
- Philippicus incites a revolt against Justinian II, and upon the latter's death declares himself Byzantine Emperor.
Asia
- After pirates plunder an Arab ship near the mouth of the Indus River, Arabs led by Muhammad bin Qasim invade India with 6,000 horses, establishing a sultanate in Sind.
- Reconstruction of the Horyuji Temple in Japan ends.
Births
Deaths
- July – Roderick, king of the Visigoths
- December – Justinian II, Byzantine emperor (assassinated) (b. 669)
References
Categories: 711
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