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Events
- Reform meeting at Spa Fields
- December 1816, London
- Ended in violence
when parts of
crowds looted shops
using fire arms.
- December 1816, London
- March of the Blanketeers
- March 1817, ground of handlook
weavers from Manchester
attempted to march to London to
present a petition to parliament.
- Broken up by troops on
the orders of the
magistrates, several men
were arrested.
- March 1817, ground of handlook
weavers from Manchester
attempted to march to London to
present a petition to parliament.
- Pentridge Rising
- June 1817, Derbyshire
- 300 unemployed
framework knitters
marched on
Nottingham Castle.
- Believed it was
an uprising
against the
government
- Led by
Jeremiah
Brandreth.
Was one of
the four men
executed for
part in
conspiracy.
- Broken up by
authorities and
many arrests
were made.
- June 1817, Derbyshire
- Peterloo Massacre
- August 1819 at St Peter's
Fields Macnhester
- Over 60,000 gathered to listen to
radical orator, Henry Hunt, speak
on need for refrom.
- Crowd was orderly and
peaceful but magistrates feared
threat to law and order
- Ordered the local
militia at meeting to
arrest Hunt and
disperse the crowd.
- 11 people were killed, 400 were injured.
- 11 people were killed, 400 were injured.
- Ordered the local
militia at meeting to
arrest Hunt and
disperse the crowd.
- August 1819 at St Peter's
Fields Macnhester
- Cato Street Conspiracy
- 1820- led by Arthur Thistlewood, plotted to kill
the enitre cabinet, seize the Bank of England and
establish a revolutionary provisional government.
- Were arrested in Cato Street- resulted in the
execution of Thistlewood and 4 other
conspirators and the transportation of 5 more.
- 1820- led by Arthur Thistlewood, plotted to kill
the enitre cabinet, seize the Bank of England and
establish a revolutionary provisional government.
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