711
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This article is about the year 711. For other uses, see 711 (disambiguation).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 680s 690s 700s – 710s – 720s 730s 740s |
| Years: | 708 709 710 – 711 – 712 713 714 |
| 711 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 711 DCCXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1464 |
| Armenian calendar | 160 ԹՎ ՃԿ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1133 – -1132 |
| Berber calendar | 1661 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1255 |
| Burmese calendar | 73 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6219 – 6220 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十二月初八日 (3347/3407-12-8) — to —
辛亥年十一月十八日(3348/3408-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 427 – 428 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 703 – 704 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4471 – 4472 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 766 – 767 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 633 – 634 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3812 – 3813 |
| Holocene calendar | 10711 |
| Iranian calendar | 89 – 90 |
| Islamic calendar | 92 – 93 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3044 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1254 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] 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 dies in the battle.
- Childebert II is succeeded by Dagobert III as king of Austrasia.
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- Philippicus incites a revolt against Justinian II, and upon the latter's death declares himself Byzantine Emperor.
[edit] 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.
