Arthur Guinness the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion and was accused of spying for the British. and was against Irish home-rule. In general, the Guinness family became Irish Unionists and Arthur Guinness accepted the system, with Arthur ""directly opposed to any movement toward Irish independence"" and wanting ""Ireland to remain under British control"". Guinness leased a brewery in Leixlip in 1755, brewing ale. Five years later he left his younger brother Richard in charge of that enterprise and moved on to another in St. James' Gate, Dublin, at the end of 1759. The 9,000-year lease he signed for the brewery is
1300th Anniversary of the Bulgarian State 1300th Anniversary of the Bulgarian State The 1300th Anniversary of the Bulgarian State was a yearlong celebration in 1981 when the Bulgaria celebrated the 1300th anniversary of the establishment of the first Bulgarian state in modern history. There were 23,000 events connected with the 1300th centenary. Tournament of Bulgaria The parade took place on Sofia's September 9th Square. The parade inspector was the Minister of People's Defence of Bulgaria, General of the Army Dorbri Dzhurov. The parade commander was Colonel General Hristo Dobrev, the Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian People's Army. Attending the parade was the General