Cato Street Conspiracy
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The Cato Street Conspiracy was an 1820 plot by radical revolutionaries in London to assassinate British cabinet ministers and spark an uprising against the government.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cato Street Conspiracy canonical | 2 |
| Cato Street | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2003738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cato Street Conspiracy Context triple: [Lord Liverpool ministry, significantEvent, Cato Street Conspiracy]
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A.
Gordon Riots
The Gordon Riots were a major wave of anti-Catholic protests and violent unrest that swept London in 1780, exposing deep social and political tensions in late 18th-century Britain.
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B.
Baltimore Plot
The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
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C.
The Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed 1605 conspiracy by a group of English Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
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D.
Spitalfields Riots
The Spitalfields Riots were late-18th-century disturbances in London’s Spitalfields district, driven largely by silk weavers protesting wage cuts and industrial changes that threatened their livelihoods.
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E.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cato Street Conspiracy Target entity description: The Cato Street Conspiracy was an 1820 plot by radical revolutionaries in London to assassinate British cabinet ministers and spark an uprising against the government.
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A.
Gordon Riots
The Gordon Riots were a major wave of anti-Catholic protests and violent unrest that swept London in 1780, exposing deep social and political tensions in late 18th-century Britain.
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B.
Baltimore Plot
The Baltimore Plot was a failed 1861 conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he traveled to his inauguration, foiled in part by detective work from Allan Pinkerton’s agency.
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C.
The Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed 1605 conspiracy by a group of English Catholics, including Guy Fawkes, to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate King James I.
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D.
Spitalfields Riots
The Spitalfields Riots were late-18th-century disturbances in London’s Spitalfields district, driven largely by silk weavers protesting wage cuts and industrial changes that threatened their livelihoods.
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E.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination plot
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ revolutionary conspiracy ⓘ |
| arrestingForce |
Bow Street Runners
ⓘ
Coldstream Guards ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 51.518°N 0.167°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1820-02-23 ⓘ |
| faction | Spencean Philanthropists ⓘ |
| followedBy | trials at the Old Bailey ⓘ |
| goal |
assassination of British cabinet ministers
ⓘ
overthrow of the British government ⓘ spark a popular uprising ⓘ |
| hasCause |
discontent following the Peterloo Massacre
ⓘ
economic hardship after the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ radical opposition to the British government ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
public debate over use of government agents provocateurs
ⓘ
strengthening of repressive legislation against radicals ⓘ |
| ideology |
radical republicanism
ⓘ
revolutionary egalitarianism ⓘ |
| infiltratedBy |
George Edwards
ⓘ
government informers ⓘ |
| killedInEvent | Richard Smithers ⓘ |
| legalCharge |
conspiracy to murder cabinet ministers
ⓘ
high treason ⓘ |
| location |
Cato Street, London
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
West End of London ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cato Street Conspiracy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cato Street
|
| opponent |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
Home Office ⓘ Lord Liverpool ministry ⓘ |
| organizer | Arthur Thistlewood ⓘ |
| outcome |
arrest of conspirators
ⓘ
execution of leaders ⓘ plot foiled by government agents ⓘ transportation of some conspirators ⓘ |
| participant |
Arthur Thistlewood
ⓘ
Edward Despard junior (Edward Cooper) is sometimes associated in accounts ⓘ James Ings ⓘ John Brunt ⓘ Richard Tidd ⓘ William Davidson ⓘ |
| partOf | British radical movement in the early 19th century ⓘ |
| plannedTarget |
British Prime Minister and senior ministers
ⓘ
British cabinet ⓘ Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Liverpool
|
| pointInTime | 1820 ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the last major plots for violent revolution in Britain
ⓘ
used to justify government repression of radicals ⓘ |
| significantEvent | raid on the Cato Street loft ⓘ |
| startTime | 1820-02-23 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Cato Street