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22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

22nd February 2022
Tagged as: Alcohol, Britain, Fishguard, France, Invasion, Napoleon, Wales, War, War of the First Coalition

The last invasion of Britain by a hostile foreign force began when French troops under the command of the Irish-American Colonel William Tate landed near the Welsh town of Fishguard.

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9th January 1799: Modern income tax introduced to pay for the French Revolutionary Wars

9th January 2022
Tagged as: Britain, Economics, Economy, England, Finance, France, French Revolution, French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon, Pitt the Younger, Tax, Taxation, United Kingdom, War of the First Coalition

Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made permanent.

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22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

9th January 1799: Modern income tax introduced to pay for the French Revolutionary Wars

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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