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  1. 5 days ago · Henry Hunt. On the Web: BBC - What was the Peterloo Massacre of 1819? (May 23, 2024) 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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  2. 2 days 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 ...

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  4. 2 days ago · Clive Staples Lewis FBA (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963).

  5. 5 days ago · Uncover the events of the Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester ended in tragedy and sparked nationwide reform.

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  6. 5 days ago · Journey back in time to the Peterloo Massacre, a pivotal event in the history of democracy. This video explores the tragic events of August 16, 1819, when a ...

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  7. 3 days ago · The account of Peterloo is as contemptuous of Henry Hunt and his female followers as it is blind to the excesses of the hussars. Generally, however, the magazine's editorship was careful to tread the middle way between extremes of popular opinion, anxious not to lose readers or inflame political authority.

  8. 4 days ago · Ian Fleming (born May 28, 1908, London, England—died August 12, 1964, Canterbury, Kent) was a suspense-fiction novelist whose character James Bond, the stylish, high-living British secret service agent 007, became one of the most successful and widely imitated heroes of 20th-century popular fiction.

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