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4 days ago · Peterloo Massacre, in English history, the brutal dispersal by cavalry of a radical meeting held on St. Peter’s Fields in Manchester on August 16, 1819.
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These two maps (mouse over to see the more modern one) show the area of Peterloo as it was and where it is today: On the newer map you can see Central Library and St Peter's Square toward the top right, and G-Mex is bottom-left. The Radisson hotel where the blue plaque is sited, is the building just above the 'A'; the plaque is at the front of ...
The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. It was the largest ever political gathering of working class people. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when cavalry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary ...
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1 day ago · The Peterloo Massacre was a watershed moment in British history, a tragic but transformative event that shaped the course of democracy and civil liberties for generations to come. The courage and determination of the men, women, and children who gathered at St. Peter‘s Field on that fateful day in August 1819, in the face of violence and ...
Aug 16, 2022 · This event became known as the Peterloo Massacre. The 'Peter' part of the name came from the location of the event in St Peters Fields, and the 'loo' part coming from the Battle of Waterloo...
Back at home, a brief boom in textile production was cut short by chronic economic depression. Lancashire was hit hard. As a centre of the textile trade, its weavers and spinners struggled to put bread on the table. Weavers who earnt 15 shillings for a six-day week in 1803 saw their wages cut to 4 or 5 shillings by 1818.
Jan 26, 1996 · After Waterloo the tide turned and agitators gained a hearing. The landed interests wished to maintain the late war prices, and the artisan population desired cheap bread. Hence discontent, oratory, and riots which resulted in the loss of life. The most celebrated disturbance of these years is the "Peterloo Massacre" of 1819.
