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Group: Later Han Dynasty
People: Anthony Wayne
Topic: Mahon, Sack of
Location: Amphipolis Greece

Mahon, Sack of

Years: 1535 - 1535

The Sack of Mahon occurs in 1535, when Hayreddin Barbarossa attacks the harbour of Mahón in the Balearic Islands.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)