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Europe
- April 30 — Ummayad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar, and begin their invasion of the Iberian peninsula and conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom (See Moors, Al-Andalus, and Umayyad conquest of Hispania).
- July 19 — Battle of Guadalete: Ummayad Moors conquer the Iberian peninsula.
- Childebert II is succeeded by Dagobert III as king of Austrasia.
Byzantine Empire
- Philippicus incites a revolt against Justinian II, and upon the latter's death declares himself Byzantine Emperor.
Asia
- After pirates plunder an Arab ship near the mouth of the Indus River, Arabs led by Muhammad bin Qasim invade India with 6,000 horses, establishing a sultanate in Sind.
- Reconstruction of the Horyuji Temple in Japan ends.
Births
Deaths
- July — Roderick, king of the Visigoths
- December — Justinian II, Byzantine emperor (assassinated) (b. 669)
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