July 16th 1212: the important battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, in Andalucia, was fought and won by the Christian armies of Spain and Portugal. It was also Pope Innocent III’s fourth Crusade( 2 had been to the Holy Land and the other against the Albigensian heretics). It was a great feat to get the warring and jealous kings of Aragon, Navarre and Portugal to fight alongside Castille, but it was very necessary. The Moors had been on the Iberian Peninsula since the Arab chief Tarik crossed at what is now Gibraltar, in 711AD.
The battle did not see the eviction of the Moors from Spain, but it was the beginning of Spanish resurgence, which would culminate with Ferdinand and Isabella’s capture of their last stronghold, that of Granada in 1492.
Never again did Europe have to fear from Muslim invasion from this direction.
The next wave would come from the East and towards Constantinople and then Vienna.
Income Tax Anniversary
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The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August 5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal income tax statute
Okay, I quoted Wikipedia and that’s bad, I know. However, I heard it on the radio first, so I am going to assume it’s accurate. Today is the 152nd anniversary of the American Income Tax law.
I don’t want to get into politics and I WILL LOCK THE THREAD IF IT GOES THERE, I just thought it was interesting that today is the day.
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You are right Jen.
I have had less time to post anniversaries lately, but if I had today I would have posted about the battle of Mobile(1864). -
If someone had to telegraph the president about that battle, would that have been a mobile phone call? (I couldn’t help it! The pun escaped on it’s own, I didn’t do it, you didn’t see me do it, you cannot prove a thing!)
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You are Funny girl.
It was a great Northern victory, but it was not realised at the time.
Atlanta is all that mattered, so the action at Mobile was overlooked at the time
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