original_query: What significant event occurred on March 6 in the Byzantine Empire?
query: What significant event occurred on March 6, 961 in the Byzantine Empire?
answer: On March 6, 961, Byzantine forces under Nikephoros II Phokas captured and pillaged Chandax after an 8-month siege. Nikephoros massacred the population and took them into slavery, converting the island Emirate of Crete into a Byzantine theme and converting the remaining Muslims to Christianity.