CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
613
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 634. | Battle of the Yarmuk. Moslems took Syria. Omar second Caliph. |
| 637. | Battle of Kadessia. |
| 638. | Jerusalem surrendered to Omar. |
| 642. | Heraclius died. |
| 643. | Othman third Caliph. |
| 645. | Yuan Chwang returned to Singan. |
| 655. | Defeat of the Byzantine fleet by the Moslems. |
| 656. | Othman murdered at Medina. |
| 661. | Ali murdered. |
| 662. | Moawija Caliph. (First of the Omayyad caliphs.) |
| 668. | The Caliph Moawija attacked Constantinople by sea—Theodore of Tarsus became Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| 675. | Last of the sea attacks by Moawija on Constantinople. |
| 687. | Pepin of Heristhal, mayor of the palace, reunited Austrasia and Neustria. |
| 711. | Moslem army invaded Spain from Africa. |
| 714. | Charles Martel mayor of the palace. |
| 715. | The domains of the Caliph Walid I extended from the Pyrenees to China. |
| 717-18. | Suleiman, son and successor of Walid, failed to take Constantinople. The Omayyad line passed its climax. |
| 732. | Charles Martel defeated the Moslems near Poitiers. |
| 735. | Death of the Venerable Bede. |
| 743. | Walid II Caliph,—the unbelieving Caliph. |
| 749. | Overthrow of the Omayyads. Abdul Abbas, the first Abbasid Caliph. Spain remained Omayyad. Beginning of the break-up of the Arab Empire. |
| 751. | Pepin crowned King of the French. |
| 755. | Martyrdom of St. Boniface. |
| 768. | Pepin died. |
| 771. | Charlemagne sole king. |
| 774. | Charlemagne conquered Lombardy. |
| 776. | Charlemagne in Dalmatia. |
| 786. | Haroun al Raschid Abbasid Caliph in Bagdad (to 809). |
| 795. | Leo III became Pope (to 816). |
| 800. | Leo crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the West. |
