Tranent Massacre
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The Tranent Massacre was an 1797 incident in East Lothian, Scotland, in which British troops killed protesting civilians who were resisting conscription during the Napoleonic Wars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tranent Massacre canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8760007 — 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.
Target entity: Tranent Massacre Context triple: [Tranent, knownFor, Tranent Massacre]
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Massacre of Glencoe
The Massacre of Glencoe was a 1692 atrocity in the Scottish Highlands in which government troops, having accepted the MacDonalds’ hospitality, murdered members of the clan under orders tied to their delayed oath of allegiance to the new monarchs William III and Mary II.
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Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
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C.
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
The Battle of Bothwell Bridge was a decisive 1679 clash in Scotland in which government forces crushed a Covenanter uprising, marking a major setback for the Presbyterian resistance to royal religious policies.
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Greysteel massacre
The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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E.
Sack of Leith
The Sack of Leith was a violent English attack and looting of the Scottish port town of Leith in 1544 during Henry VIII’s campaign to force a marriage alliance between Scotland and England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tranent Massacre Target entity description: The Tranent Massacre was an 1797 incident in East Lothian, Scotland, in which British troops killed protesting civilians who were resisting conscription during the Napoleonic Wars.
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A.
Massacre of Glencoe
The Massacre of Glencoe was a 1692 atrocity in the Scottish Highlands in which government troops, having accepted the MacDonalds’ hospitality, murdered members of the clan under orders tied to their delayed oath of allegiance to the new monarchs William III and Mary II.
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B.
Kingsmill massacre
The Kingsmill massacre was a 1976 sectarian attack in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in which gunmen stopped a minibus and murdered ten Protestant workmen during the height of the Troubles.
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C.
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
The Battle of Bothwell Bridge was a decisive 1679 clash in Scotland in which government forces crushed a Covenanter uprising, marking a major setback for the Presbyterian resistance to royal religious policies.
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D.
Greysteel massacre
The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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E.
Sack of Leith
The Sack of Leith was a violent English attack and looting of the Scottish port town of Leith in 1544 during Henry VIII’s campaign to force a marriage alliance between Scotland and England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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massacre ⓘ protest ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
annual local remembrance events
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memorial in Tranent ⓘ |
| followedBy |
local memorialisation of victims
ⓘ
public outcry in East Lothian ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Massacre of Tranent
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tranent Riot of 1797 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
opposition to the Militia Act of 1797
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resistance to conscription ⓘ |
| hasContext |
British militia recruitment
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Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1797-09-29 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
example of military repression of anti-conscription protest in Britain
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symbol of working-class resistance in Scotland ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfPrimarySources | English ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
East Lothian
NERFINISHED
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Tranent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1797 ⓘ |
| involved |
coal miners from Tranent area
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local magistrates ⓘ militia officers ⓘ |
| notableVictim | Jackie Crookston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalities |
at least 11
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often cited as 12 ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Scottish resistance to conscription
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social history of the Napoleonic Wars in Britain ⓘ |
| perpetratedBy |
British troops
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soldiers of the 11th Light Dragoons ⓘ soldiers of the Fifeshire Fencibles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
deaths of unarmed civilians
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increased local hostility to conscription ⓘ injuries to protesters ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
civilians
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protesters ⓘ |
| triggerEvent |
protest march against militia ballot
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reading of an anti-conscription proclamation ⓘ |
| victimsIncluded |
children
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miners ⓘ weavers ⓘ women ⓘ |
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Subject: Tranent Massacre Description of subject: The Tranent Massacre was an 1797 incident in East Lothian, Scotland, in which British troops killed protesting civilians who were resisting conscription during the Napoleonic Wars.
Referenced by (2)
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