Events By Place 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' victory over the Visigothic army. Visigothic king Roderick dies in the battle. Childebert II's succeeded by Dagobert III as king of Austrasia. Byzantine Empire Philippicus incites a revolt against… (More on 711)