Income Tax
Jan 9 British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon
- Jan 10 Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini" premieres in Weimar
Whitney's Muskets
Jan 14 American inventor Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets
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