The British government had passed the Tea Act seven months earlier on 10 May, partly in an attempt to support the struggling East India Company.
20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
20th July 2019
On the 5th July 1948, healthcare provision in the UK was nationalized when the National Health Service was launched.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
John Hancock, one of Boston’s wealthiest merchants and a leading figure in Boston politics, forcibly removed customs officials from his ship Lydia.
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 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
The Peasants’ Revolt was triggered when John Bampton arrived in Essex to investigate non-payment of the poll tax.
24th January 41 CE: Emperor Caligula killed by the Praetorian Guard
24th January 2020
22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg
22nd January 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018