635
635 • Emperor Heraclius makes an alliance with Kubrat, ruler (khagan) of Great Bulgaria, to break the power of the Avars on the Balkan Peninsula. |
688
Age: 53y
birth of childCharles Martel Herstal, Belgium ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
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). |