The Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor in 806 CE was an attack by the
Abbasid Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in southeastern and
central Asia Minor. Soon after his accession in 802, the Byzantine
emperor Nikephoros I ceased paying tribute to the Caliphate and attacked
it. In retaliation, Harun al-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph, invaded
Byzantium with a force far larger than any seen before. The Abbasid army
met no opposition and raided at will, capturing several towns and
fortresses, including Herakleia, whose fall was celebrated by the
Caliph's propaganda. Nikephoros was forced to seek peace and resume
paying tribute. Harun exacted a personal tax on the Emperor and his
heir, Staurakios, as a token of their submission and withdrew. Almost
immediately Nikephoros violated the peace terms, but Harun's
preoccupation with a rebellion prevented reprisal. Harun's death, the
Abbasid civil war, and Nikephoros' Bulgarian wars prevented the
resumption of large-scale warfare for two decades.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_invasion_of_Asia_Minor_%28806%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1797:
French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by
Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_%281797%29>
1869:
The Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, named after José
María Morelos, the hero of the Siege of Cuautla, was admitted as the
27th state of Mexico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelos>
1951:
The Peak District was designated the first national park in the
United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_District>
1975:
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer
Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist
state of Democratic Kampuchea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
implacable:
1. Not able to be placated or appeased.
2. Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
3. Adamant; immovable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/implacable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As a general rule, the better people are, the more Anarchists and
Socialists will be found among them.
--Benjamin Tucker
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tucker>
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