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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.
May 23, 2024 · Peterloo Massacre, the brutal dispersal by cavalry of a radical meeting held on St. Peter’s Fields in Manchester, England, on August 16, 1819.
The film Peterloo marks the 200th anniversary of the notorious Peterloo Massacre. On 16 August 1819, a crowd of some 60,000 people from Manchester and surrounding towns gathered in St Peter's Fields to demand Parliamentary reform and an extension of voting rights.
Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst. The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
Jan 20, 2021 · Robert Poole argues why the events at Peterloo Square on 16 August 1819 were a key turning point in the reform movement, and why its legacy was integral in forcing concessions ten years later.
Five days after the massacre James Wroe of the Manchester Observer coined the word ‘Peterloo’, a bitter pun on an incident at Waterloo four years earlier when soldiers attacked unarmed civilians. His pun cost him a year’s liberty and his newspaper shut down.
Aug 16, 2022 · On 16 August 1819 60,000 peaceful protesters gathered in Manchester to demand their rights, only for the day to end in tragedy. Here's what you need to know.
