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- For the phone number, see 7-1-1. For the convenience store chain, see 7-Eleven. For the number, see 711 (number).
| Years: 707 708 709 710 - 711 - 712 713 714 715 | |
| Decades: 680s 690s 700s - 710s - 720s 730s 740s | |
| Centuries: 7th century - 8th century - 9th century | |
Events
- April 30 - Ummayad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar and begin their invasion of the Iberian peninsula and conquest of the Visigoths(See Moors, Al-Andalus, and Muslim conquest of Iberia)
- July 19 - Ummayad Moors conquer the Iberian peninsula after the Battle of Guadalete
- Philippicus incites a revolt against Justinian II, and upon the latter's death declares himself Byzantine emperor
- Childebert II succeeded by Dagobert III
- Arabs led by Muhammad bin Qasim invade India, establishing a sultanate in Sind.
Births
Deaths
- July - Roderick, king of the Visigoths
- December - Justinian II, Byzantine emperor (assassinated) (b. 669)
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