What the records say
- When
- 28 May 1715
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.51° N, 0.09° W
Placed at the site its text puts it in, Cheapside.
Summary
Rioting begins in England on the birthday of King George I as supporters of the Old Pretender, James of the House of Stuart, begin mass protesting against the rule of the House of Hanover, near London in the towns of Smithfield and Highgate, and the Cheapside financial district in London.
1715 England riots
1715 series of riots in England
In the spring and summer of 1715 a series of riots occurred in England in which High Church mobs attacked over forty Dissenting meeting-houses. The rioters also protested against the first Hanoverian king of Britain, George I and his new Whig government.
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