What Happened in 711 AD

Major Events

  • Apr 30 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)
  • Jul 9 Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupy North Spain
  • Jul 19 Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic

Who Died in 711 AD

  • Apr 23 Childebert III, King of the Franks, dies at 32 or 33(b. 678 or 679)
  • Dec 11 Justitianus II, Emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42