Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada
29th July 2018
Alexander Hamilton was made the first United States Secretary of the Treasury by President George Washington.
On the 21st July 1970, construction was completed on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria signed the Reinheitsgebot, a law to ensure the purity of beer that specified a limited number of ingredients.
On the 11th January 1923, French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area.
On the 9th January 1799, modern income tax was introduced for the first time. William Pitt the Younger, the British Prime Minister, announced the tax the previous December as a way to pay for the wars against France.
On the 23rd October 1739 England declared war on Spain in what became known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
On the 19th October 1935, the League of Nations voted to impose sanctions on Italy after it invaded Abyssinia.
On the 15th October 1923, the Rentenmark was introduced in Weimar Germany in an attempt to stop the hyperinflation crisis that had crippled the economy.
On the 3rd October 1990, Germany was reunified when the territory of the communist German Democratic Republic joined with the Federal Republic of Germany to create a single, united Germany.
On the 1st October 1928, the Soviet Union introduced Joseph Stalin’s first five-year plan.