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