Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831

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The Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831 were a wave of violent unrest in Nottingham, England, sparked by popular anger over the rejection of the Reform Bill and culminating in the burning of Nottingham Castle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil disturbance
political protest
riot
category 1831 in England
Electoral reform in the United Kingdom
History of Nottingham
Riots and civil disorder in England
chronologicallyRelatedTo Bristol Reform Riots of 1831
Derby Reform Riots of 1831
country United Kingdom
describedBySource later historical studies of British reform
local newspaper reports of 1831
follows introduction of the First Reform Bill
hasAftermath ongoing local memory of the castle burning
rebuilding of Nottingham Castle in the 19th century
hasCause defeat of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords
demands for wider male suffrage
widespread dissatisfaction with rotten boroughs
hasEffect arrests of rioters
destruction of Nottingham Castle
executions of some rioters
property damage in Nottingham
trials of participants
hasPart burning of Nottingham Castle
historicalPeriod Georgian era
Industrial Revolution
surface form: Industrial Revolution in Britain
locatedIn England
Great Britain
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
mainCause popular anger over lack of parliamentary reform
rejection of the First Reform Bill
motivatedBy resentment against aristocratic privilege
support for parliamentary reform
opposedBy Nottingham authorities
local magistrates
military forces
participantIn British parliamentary reform movement
Reform Act 1832
surface form: Reform Crisis of 1830–1832
partOf 19th-century protests in the United Kingdom
Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reform Bill riots of 1831
pointInTime October 1831
result increased pressure for passage of the Reform Act 1832
significantEvent attack on Nottingham Castle
attacks on houses of local elites
confrontations with local authorities
startTime 1831

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Nottingham Castle significantEvent Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831
Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831 partOf Nottingham Reform Riots of 1831 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reform Bill riots of 1831