Peterloo Massacre

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historical event massacre political repression incident protest

The Peterloo Massacre was an 1819 incident in Manchester where cavalry charged into a large, peaceful pro-democracy rally, killing and injuring many protesters and becoming a pivotal moment in British political reform history.

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Label Occurrences
Peterloo Massacre canonical 22
Peterloo 6
Peterloo reform meeting of 16 August 1819 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political repression incident ⓘ
protest ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Peterloo
hasCause authorities' attempt to disperse a mass meeting for parliamentary reform ⓘ
cavalry charge into a peaceful political rally ⓘ
hasCity Manchester ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual commemorations in Manchester ⓘ
hasConsequence growth of the reform movement ⓘ
increased government repression in the short term ⓘ
passage of the Six Acts ⓘ
public outrage across Britain ⓘ
hasCountry England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDate 1819-08-16 ⓘ
hasEstimatedCrowdSize around 60,000 ⓘ
hasEtymology name is a pun on the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Henry Hunt ⓘ
William Hulton ⓘ
hasLegalContext took place under the repressive post-Napoleonic War climate ⓘ
hasLocation Peterloo Massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: St Peter's Field, Manchester
hasLongTermImpact became a symbol of the struggle for democracy in Britain ⓘ
influenced the 1832 Reform Act ⓘ
strengthened campaign for parliamentary reform ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage extensively reported in radical press ⓘ
hasMemorial Peterloo Memorial in Manchester ⓘ
hasMotive demand for parliamentary reform ⓘ
demand for universal male suffrage ⓘ
protest against lack of representation for industrial towns ⓘ
protest against the Corn Laws ⓘ
hasNature peaceful demonstration before the charge ⓘ
hasNumberOfDeaths approximately 15 ⓘ
hasNumberOfInjured several hundred ⓘ
hasOpponents British government authorities ⓘ
local magistracy ⓘ
hasParticipants 15th Hussars ⓘ
Manchester and Salford Yeomanry ⓘ
local magistrates ⓘ
peaceful pro-democracy protesters ⓘ
hasRelatedEvent 1819 British reform movement ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
hasRelatedLegislation Six Acts ⓘ
hasSubjectInArt paintings and prints depicting the massacre ⓘ
hasSubjectInLiterature works on British radicalism and reform ⓘ
hasYear 1819 ⓘ
isDescribedAs pivotal moment in British political reform history ⓘ
turning point in the history of British democracy ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Industrial Revolution ⓘ

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Manchester → famousEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Peterloo Massacre → hasLocation → Peterloo Massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Peter's Field, Manchester
Peterloo Massacre → hasAlternativeName → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo
Georgian era → significantEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Manchester and Salford Yeomanry → conflict → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Peterloo Memorial in Manchester → commemorates → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Six Acts → motivatedByEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Training Prevention Act 1819 → relatedToEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Seizure of Arms Act 1819 → relatedToEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Seditious Meetings Act 1819 → enactedAfter → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Newspaper and Stamp Duties Act 1819 → follows → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Newspaper and Stamp Duties Act 1819 → relatedEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Lord Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Misdemeanours Act 1819 → relatedTo → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Blasphemous and Seditious Libels Act 1819 → follows → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Blasphemous and Seditious Libels Act 1819 → associatedEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
William Hulton → participatedIn → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
William Hulton → hasNotableAssociation → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo reform meeting of 16 August 1819
Dick Pope → notableWork → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo
Mike Leigh → notableWork → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo
The Mask of Anarchy → historicalContext → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
The Mask of Anarchy → inspiredByEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
British radical press → relatedTo → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Gagging Acts → responseToEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Spa Fields riots → hasRelatedEvent → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Blanketeers march → relatedTo → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
Vincent Franklin → notableWork → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo
Maxine Peake → notableWork → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo
Maxine Peake → appearedIn → Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peterloo