__NOTOC__ Year 711 ( DCCXI) was a

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(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 711 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Byzantine Empire

* Philippicus incites the inhabitants of Cherson to revolt, with the help of the Khazars. Emperor Justinian II sallies forth from Constantinople to oppose the rebels in the Crimea. Philippicus defeats the Byzantine forces in northern Anatolia, and seizes the capital. He is proclaimed emperor and Justinian is executed, ending the house of

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, that has ruled since

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. * December – Upon hearing the news of Justinian's death, Anastasia, Justinian's mother, escapes with Justinian's 6-year-old son Tiberius to the sanctuary at the St. Mary's Church ( Constantinople). She is pursued by Philippicus' henchmen, who drag the child from the altar and murder him outside the church. It is unknown what became of Justinian's wife, Theodora.

Europe

* Ansprand, duke of

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, returns from

exile Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...

to Italy with a large Bavarian army. Many Austrians (with troops of Venetia) join him in support. King

Aripert II Aripert or Aribert may refer to: * Aripert I, king of the Lombards from 653 to 661 AD * Aripert II, king of the Lombards from 701 to 712 AD {{Hndis ...

, who usurped the throne in 701, is defeated and tries to escape from Pavia to Gaul with his treasury, but drowns in the Ticino River. He is the last Bavarian to wear the Iron Crown (approximate date). * Peaceful relations between Franks and

Frisia Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Ger ...

ns are consolidated by the marriage of Pepin of Herstal's son Grimoald to Theudesinda, daughter of King Radbod. *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...

– King

Childebert III Childebert III (or IV), called the Just (french: le Juste) (c.678/679 – 23 April 711), was the son of Theuderic III and Clotilda (or Doda) and sole king of the Franks (694–711). He was seemingly but a puppet of the mayor of the palace, P ...

dies after a 16-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Dagobert III as ruler of

Austrasia Austrasia was a territory which formed the north-eastern section of the Merovingian Kingdom of the Franks during the 6th to 8th centuries. It was centred on the Meuse, Middle Rhine and the Moselle rivers, and was the original territory of the F ...

. Pepin of Herstal becomes his regent.

Britain

* Dux Berhtfrith leads a Northumbrian campaign against the Picts, and defeats them in Manaw Gododdin (modern Scotland) (approximate date).

Arabian Empire

April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...

– Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Muslim troops (7,000 men) led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at

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, and begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (now Spain and Portugal). Tariq begins his Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom, which during the decade he occupies and brings under Umayyad sovereignty. * July 19 –

Battle of Guadalete The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, fought in 711 at an unidentified location in what is now southern Spain between the Christian Visigoths under their king, Roderic, and the invading forces of t ...

: The Muslim Arabs defeat the Visigothic army (33,000 men) under King

Roderic Roderic (also spelled Ruderic, Roderik, Roderich, or Roderick; Spanish and pt, Rodrigo, ar, translit=Ludharīq, لذريق; died 711) was the Visigothic king in Hispania between 710 and 711. He is well-known as "the last king of the Goths". He ...

k, who dies in battle. The Visigoth capital of

Toledo Toledo most commonly refers to: * Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain * Province of Toledo, Spain * Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States Toledo may also refer to: Places Belize * Toledo District * Toledo Settlement Bolivia * Toledo, Orur ...

opens its

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s; Tariq ibn Ziyad sends

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detachments to capture the cities of Córdoba and Seville ( Andalusia).

Asia

* After

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plunder an Arab ship near the mouth of the

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( Pakistan), Umayyad Arabs under Muhammad ibn Qasim invade India with 10,000 men and 6,000 horses, establishing a

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ate in

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. Qasim sends expeditions to Surashtra, where he makes peaceful treaty settlements with the

Rashtrakuta Rashtrakuta (IAST: ') (r. 753-982 CE) was a royal Indian dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries. The earliest known Rashtrakuta inscription is a 7th-century copper plate grant detailing their ...

. * Muhammad ibn Qasim captures the fortress city of Multan after a long siege, and raids with his forces the Punjab region, with only light

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casualties.Wink (2004), pp 201–205

Mesoamerica

* Palenque is conquered by Tonina.

By topic

Religion

* Reconstruction of the Hōryū-ji Temple in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

is completed (approximate date).

Births

* Malik ibn Anas, Arab scholar (approximate date) * Su Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d.

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)

Deaths

–

, king of the Franks * November 4 – Justinian II, Byzantine emperor (b.

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) * December – Tiberius, son of Justinian II (b. 705) * Seachnasach, king of

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( Ireland) *

Aripert II Aripert or Aribert may refer to: * Aripert I, king of the Lombards from 653 to 661 AD * Aripert II, king of the Lombards from 701 to 712 AD {{Hndis ...

, king of the Lombards (or 712) *

Kʼinich Kʼan Joy Chitam II Kʼinich Kʼan Joy Chitam II,The ruler's name, when transcribed is KʼINICH KʼAN-na-JOY HITAMma, translated "Precious/Yellow Tied Peccary". also known as Kan Xul II and Kʼan Hokʼ Chitam On II, October 31, 644 – c.721, was an ''ajaw'' of the M ...

, ruler of Palenque (or c.

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) *

, king of the Visigoths (or 712)

References

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