Also on this day

In Notre Dame Henry VI of England was crowned King of France.

The First Boer War began.

Beatrice Potter privately published her book The Tales Of Peter Rabbit (above), which went on to sell 45 million copies worldwide.

concerned this was the latest attempt to impose taxes without any consultation with them and under the slogan “no taxation without representation” they began to rebel against their colonial masters.

The Boston Tea Party was also a significant event in the desire of the patriots to seek independence.

When the British Government responded by passing the Intolerable Acts in 1774, which ended self-governance in Massachusetts and closed Boston’s commerce, the patriots throughout the Thirteen Colonies saw this as an attack on their freedom and liberties.

The prolonged crisis eventually escalated into the American Revolution which began near Boston in 1775 and ended in a resounding victory for the patriots and the birth of the United States of America.

One of the legacies of the Boston Tea Party was that Founding Father John Adams, who became the second president of the United States – and many other prominent Americans – decided tea-drinking was unpatriotic.

As a result it declined during and after the Revolution, causing a shift to coffee as the preferred hot drink in the new nation.

Last week I asked which Premier League football club was founded this day in 1892? The answer is Newcastle United. This week, which composer was born in Bonn this day in 1770?

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