Peterloo Massacre

When

16 Aug 1819

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

18

Coordinates

53.48° N, 2.25° W

Description

event on 16 August 1819 in Manchester, England, when cavalry charged into a crowd of ca. 60 000 people demanding parliamentary representation reform, killing…

1819 massacre by government troops in Manchester

The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. An estimated eighteen people were killed and 400–700 were injured when the cavalry of the Yeomanry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.

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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 “Peterloo Massacre: A yeomanry unit charges into a crowd of radical protesters in Manchester, England, resulting in 15 deaths and over 600 injuries”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Peterloo-Massaker, einer Kavallerieattacke auf eine Protestkundgebung gegen die Corn Laws auf dem St. Peter’s Field bei Manchester, werden elf Personen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Royaume-Uni : massacre de Peterloo, répression sanglante d’une manifestation populaire contre les lois protectionnistes sur les céréales à Saint Peter’Field,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “イギリス・マンチェスターで普通選挙権や穀物法撤廃を求める民衆集会が武力弾圧される（ピータールーの虐殺）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page