Umayyad conquest of Hispania

War

Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad cross the Strait of Gibraltar, defeat the Visigothic kingdom and take most of the Iberian Peninsula.

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732★★★★★

Frankish forces under Charles Martel defeat an Umayyad army between Tours and Poitiers, checking the Muslim advance into Gaul.

War· France

639 – 642★★★★★

Rashidun forces under Amr ibn al-As take Egypt from the Byzantines and found the city of Fustat.

WarReligion· Egypt

June 8, 793★★★★★

Vikings plunder the monastery on Lindisfarne in England, an event often taken as the start of the Viking Age.

War· United Kingdom, Norway

December 25, 800★★★★★

Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans in Rome on Christmas Day.

PoliticsReligion· Italy, France, Germany

August 843★★★★★

Charlemagne's three grandsons divide the empire into three kingdoms, laying the groundwork for the later France and Germany.

TreatyPolitics· France, Germany, Italy

859★★★★★

Fatima al-Fihri founds the al-Qarawiyyin mosque in Fez, which grew into a major centre of learning in the Islamic world.

ReligionCulture· Morocco