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Although the income tax was abolished in 1802, it was reinstated and repealed another two times before being made permanent.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

22nd February 2020
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

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

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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

24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

23rd January 1556: The deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi and surrounding areas

22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil

21st January 1793: Former French King Louis XVI executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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