What the records say
- When
- 29 Sep 1714
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 800
- Coordinates
- 65.02° N, 24.72° E
- Description
- 1714 massacre in the Hailuoto island
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murder Friday
1714 massacre during the Great Northern War
The Murder Friday of 29 September 1714 was a massacre in the island of Hailuoto (Karlö), Finland, then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. It was the deadliest single act of Russian terrorism against the civilian population of occupied Finland during the Great Wrath, which was part of the Great Northern War (1713–1721).
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Great Hatred: the Cossacks of the Tsardom of Russia kill about 800 people overnight on the Finnish island of Hailuoto”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page