635
688
Age: 53y
birth of childCharles Martel Herstal, Belgium ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 688 • Eadberht is appointed bishop of Lindisfarne (Northumbria). He founds the holy shrine to his predecessor Cuthbert, a place that becomes a centre of great pilgrimage in later years. |
714
Dec 16
Age: 80y
| 714 • Tariq ibn Ziyad conquers the cities Barcelona and Narbonne, where Visigothic nobles accept Umayyad overlordship in return for autonomy in Septimania (Southern France). Supposedly also Muslim raiding towards Avignon and Lyon (approximate date). |