Distracted by my day job, I am remiss in posting about many historical anniversaries in revolutionary history.
March 18 alone, for example, is the anniversary of
-the repeal of the #StampAct 1766
- the Battle of Neerwinden, 1793, a French defeat that, followed by Dumouriez's treason, led to increased Jacobin power and radicalization of the Revolution
-the declaration of a German republic in Mainz under French auspices, 1793 1/n
Here, belatedly marking the repeal of the #StampAct, March 18, 1765 (well, not that belatedly by historical standards: it took two months for the good news to travel from England to the Colonies, so I guess I am okay)
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/repeal_stamp_act_1766.asp
Commemorative teapot, Cockpit Hill factory, (”Derby Pot works”),
Lead-glazed and hand-painted earthenware,
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
#Colonial History
#AmericanRevolution
#VastEarlyAmerica 2/n
18-21 March 1793: under the influence of the #FrenchRevolution, declaration of the first democratic republic on #German soil in Mainz
http://bpb.de/izpb/195470/18-maerz-1793?p=all
hand-colored engraving of the Liberty Tree and pikes erected there on 13 January: "Peace to the Peoples, War on Tyrants" 3/n