Gordon Riots (1780)

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf right
anti-Catholic protest
gptkbp:casualties hundreds killed
hundreds injured
hundreds arrested
gptkbp:causedBy opposition to the Papists Act 1778
gptkbp:country gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:endDate 1780-06-09
gptkbp:historicalName 18th-century British history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gordon Riots (1780)
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Lord_George_Gordon
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:attack_on_Newgate_Prison
destruction of Catholic churches
looting and arson
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Roman_Catholics
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Papists_Act_1778
gptkbp:result suppression by military
gptkbp:significance largest civil disturbance in London in the 18th century
gptkbp:startDate 1780-06-02
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Newgate_Prison,_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5