1695 - A window taxThe window tax was a glass tax which was an important social, cultural, and architectural force in the United Kingdom during the 17th and 18th centuries. Glass making was costly and the use of glass for windows and other purposes was even costlier because is imposed in EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the taxA tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to a government. Taxes may be paid in cash or kind (although payments in kind may not always be allowed or classified as taxes in all systems). The means of taxation, and the uses to which the.
1775Events February 9 American Revolutionary War: British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion March 23 American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech " give me liberty or give me death" in Williamsburg, Virginia. April 14 American Re - American Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War ( 1775 1783), also known as the American War of Independence was a war fought between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. The war, which eventually widened far beyond British Nor: British forces repulse an attack by Continental ArmyThe Continental Army was the unified command structure of the thirteen colonies fighting Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. The Army was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 15, 1775. Most of the Continental Army w generals Richard MontgomeryRichard Montgomery ( December 2, 1738- December 31, 1775) was an Irish- American soldier. He was born in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland, the son of Thomas Montgomery (a member of Parliament) and Mary Franklin Montgomery. He was an officer in the British A and Benedict ArnoldBenedict Arnold, V ( January 14, 1741 June 14, 1801) was a Continental Army and British military leader. As a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Arnold became well known when he left the Continental forces to rejoin the at the Battle of Quebec.
1916 - The Hampton Terrace Hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in the USA at the time, burns to the ground.
1999 - Five hijackers, who had been holding 155 hostages on an Indian Airlines plane, leave the plane with two Islamic clerics that they had demanded be freed.