<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Event </Th> <Th> Significance </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 711 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Umayyad conquest of Hispania under Tarik . </Td> <Td> Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Al - Andalus ( with various portions of Iberian peninsula ) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 718 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Second Arab attack on Constantinople , ending in failure . </Td> <Td> The combined Byzantine -- Bulgarian forces stop the Arab threat in Southeastern Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 726 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III . This was opposed by Pope Gregory II , and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 732 </Td> <Td> October </Td> <Td> Battle of Tours . Charles Martel halts Muslim advance . </Td> <Td> Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks , and halted the advancement of the Moors in southwestern Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 735 </Td> <Td> 26 May </Td> <Td> Death of Bede . </Td> <Td> Bede was later regarded as `` the father of English history '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 750 </Td> <Td> 25 January </Td> <Td> Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate . </Td> <Td> Would become the longest lasting caliphate , until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 751 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pepin the Short founds the Carolingian dynasty . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 754 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pepin promises the Pope central Italy . This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 768 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beginning of Charlemagne 's reign . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 778 </Td> <Td> 15 August </Td> <Td> Battle of Roncevaux Pass . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 786 </Td> <Td> 14 September </Td> <Td> Accession of Harun al - Rashid to the Caliphate in Baghdad . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 793 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sack of Lindisfarne . Viking attacks on Britain begin . </Td> <Td> Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries , and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire , and present day Russia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 794 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Heian period in Japan . </Td> <Td> Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan . Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 795 </Td> <Td> 29 July </Td> <Td> Death of Offa . </Td> <Td> Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> 25 December </Td> <Td> Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor . </Td> <Td> With his crowning , Charlemagne 's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gunpowder is invented ( somewhere around 9th century ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Event </Th> <Th> Significance </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 711 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Umayyad conquest of Hispania under Tarik . </Td> <Td> Will begin a period of Muslim rule within in the Al - Andalus ( with various portions of Iberian peninsula ) until nearly the end of the Fifteenth Century . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 718 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Second Arab attack on Constantinople , ending in failure . </Td> <Td> The combined Byzantine -- Bulgarian forces stop the Arab threat in Southeastern Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 726 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Iconoclast movement begun in the Byzantine Empire under Leo III . This was opposed by Pope Gregory II , and an important difference between the Roman and Byzantine churches . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 732 </Td> <Td> October </Td> <Td> Battle of Tours . Charles Martel halts Muslim advance . </Td> <Td> Significant moment that led to the forming of the Carolingian Empire for the Franks , and halted the advancement of the Moors in southwestern Europe . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 735 </Td> <Td> 26 May </Td> <Td> Death of Bede . </Td> <Td> Bede was later regarded as `` the father of English history '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 750 </Td> <Td> 25 January </Td> <Td> Beginning of Abbasid Caliphate . </Td> <Td> Would become the longest lasting caliphate , until 1519 when conquered and annexed into the Ottoman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 751 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pepin the Short founds the Carolingian dynasty . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 754 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pepin promises the Pope central Italy . This is arguably the beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 768 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beginning of Charlemagne 's reign . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 778 </Td> <Td> 15 August </Td> <Td> Battle of Roncevaux Pass . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 786 </Td> <Td> 14 September </Td> <Td> Accession of Harun al - Rashid to the Caliphate in Baghdad . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 793 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sack of Lindisfarne . Viking attacks on Britain begin . </Td> <Td> Generally considered the beginning of the Viking Age that would span over two centuries , and reach as far south as Hispania and as far east as the Byzantine Empire , and present day Russia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 794 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Heian period in Japan . </Td> <Td> Considered to be the last classical period of History of Japan . Chinese influence was at its strongest during this era in Japan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 795 </Td> <Td> 29 July </Td> <Td> Death of Offa . </Td> <Td> Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> 25 December </Td> <Td> Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor . </Td> <Td> With his crowning , Charlemagne 's kingdom is officially recognized by the Papacy as the largest in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 800 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gunpowder is invented ( somewhere around 9th century ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
what event is commonly associated with the beginning of the viking age
what event is commonly associated with the beginning of the viking age
Sack of Lindisfarne
Sack of Lindisfarne