635
| 635 • Yao Silian, Chinese historian, completes his Book of Liang. It contains the history of the Liang Dynasty. |
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 • Musa ibn Nusayr and Tariq ibn Ziyad are summoned back to Damascus by caliph Al-Walid I. They are ordered to deliver all the spoils of war. Musa complains and is stripped of his rank. Abd al-Aziz, son of Musa, becomes governor of Al-Andalus (modern Spain). |