Beginning of Islamic Conquest of Hispania

Date: April 27, 711 • Location: San Roque, Spain

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 711–726.

Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).

Year 711 (DCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday 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.