Peterloo Massacre (1819)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Manchester_Massacre
gptkbp:casualties at least 15 killed
gptkbp:cause cavalry charged into a crowd of protesters
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:St_Peter's_Square,_Manchester
annual Peterloo Memorial events
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 16 August 1819
gptkbp:governmentResponse crackdown on reformers
passing of the Six Acts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Peterloo Massacre (1819)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Chartist_movement
gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:injuries over 600 injured
gptkbp:location gptkb:St_Peter's_Field,_Manchester,_England
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:The_Times
gptkb:The_Manchester_Observer
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Waterloo
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Henry_Hunt
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:John_Lees
gptkb:Samuel_Bamford
gptkb:Mary_Fildes
gptkbp:opposedBy local magistrates
gptkbp:participants 60,000–80,000 people
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:15th_The_King's_Hussars
gptkb:Cheshire_Yeomanry
gptkb:Special_Constables
gptkb:Manchester_and_Salford_Yeomanry
gptkbp:protestersDemanded parliamentary reform
gptkbp:protestOrganizedBy gptkb:Richard_Carlile
gptkb:John_Johnston
gptkb:John_Saxton
gptkb:John_Knight
gptkb:William_Benbow
gptkb:Joseph_Johnson
gptkb:Henry_Hunt
gptkb:Samuel_Bamford
gptkb:James_Wroe
gptkb:John_Bagguley
gptkb:John_Thacker_Saxton
gptkb:Manchester_Patriotic_Union_Society
gptkb:Mary_Fildes
gptkb:Samuel_Drummond
gptkb:William_Fitton
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Six_Acts
increased public support for reform
gptkbp:significance key event in British democracy movement
gptkbp:subjectOf numerous books and articles
film 'Peterloo' (2018)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manchester,_England,_UK
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7