A-Z: General definitions: Peterloo massacre

Definition

At St Peter's Field in Manchester on 16 August 1819, cavalry were ordered to charge into a gathering of 60,000 to 80,000 demonstrators who were protesting about their economic conditions and demanding the reform of parliamentary representation. Some ten or more protestors were killed and several hundred were injured.

Peterloo Massacre

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