What the records say
- When
- 1831 – 1848
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 45.75° N, 4.85° E
- Description
- revolts by silk workers in Lyon, France
Placed at the town its description names, Lyon.
Canut revolts
Early worker uprisings
The Canut revolts is the collective name for the major revolts by Lyonnais silk workers which occurred in 1831, 1834 and 1848. They were among the first well-defined worker uprisings of the period known as the Industrial Revolution.
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