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The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. It was the largest ever political gathering of working class people. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when cavalry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary ...
Peterloo Massacre, in English history, the brutal dispersal by cavalry of a radical meeting held on St. Peter’s Fields in Manchester on August 16, 1819. The “massacre” (likened to Waterloo) attests to the profound fears of the privileged classes of the imminence of violent Jacobin revolution in England in the years after the Napoleonic Wars.
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Apr 5, 2019 · The film depicts the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, when British forces killed and injured protesters demanding political reform in Manchester. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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Peterloo is a 2018 British historical drama, written and directed by Mike Leigh, based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The film was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. [3] [4] The film received its UK premiere on 17 October 2018, as part of the BFI London Film Festival, at ...
Oct 20, 2018 · William Hulton, a magistrate and landowner, gave the order to send cavalry against a peaceful pro-democracy protest in Manchester in 1819. The film Peterloo, directed by Mike Leigh, tells the story of the tragedy and its legacy.
Learn about the bloody events of August 16, 1819, when British troops attacked a peaceful crowd of reformists in Manchester. Find out how the Peterloo massacre influenced the fight for democracy and the reform of the political system.
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Aug 16, 2022 · Learn about the 1819 protest in Manchester when thousands of workers demanded more voting rights and better living conditions. Find out what happened, how many people died, and what impact it had on UK politics.
