The taxes which hit the poor hardest are those of local and state governments.
Federal government taxes are progressive, which means that people are taxed based on their income - this means that rich people have to pay higher taxes than poor people. On the other hand, local and state taxes are regressive, meaning the taxes are based according to the service bought - it's the same for the rich and the poor, but given that poor people earn much less money than the rich, they will be affected more direly.
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
The main goal of the Berlin Conference of 1885 was to partition Africa. This occurred as Germany became a European superpower under Otto Von Bismarck and the conference held under the ideas of regulating European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism Era. This was part of the larger Scramble for Africa.
Christopher Columbus. When he returned back to Spain, I believe everything he said to Ferdinand and Catherine were quite exaggerated however.
