The Peasants’ Revolt was triggered when John Bampton arrived in Essex to investigate non-payment of the poll tax.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The Peasants’ Revolt was triggered when John Bampton arrived in Essex to investigate non-payment of the poll tax.
Capone was found guilty on 17 October 1931 of Federal Income Tax Evasion and was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment by Judge James Herbert Wilkerson.
John Hancock, one of Boston’s wealthiest merchants and a leading figure in Boston politics, forcibly removed customs officials from his ship Lydia.
Peter the Great’s decision to ban beards was unpopular, not only because it was a significant challenge to tradition but also because shaving a beard was interpreted by some Orthodox Christians as being sinful.
Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made permanent.
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.
On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
The Stamp Act levied a direct tax on American colonists without consultation.
On the 5th September 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia – otherwise known as Peter the Great – imposed a tax on beards.
The Revenue Act of 1861 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, imposing U.S. federal income tax for the first time.
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