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58 matches to Peterloo Massacre
Peterloo Massacre. 1819. Peaceful Manchester demonstration for parliamentary reform suppressed by cavalry. 500 casualties. Ultra tories limit freedom of press, assembly.
Sidmouth, First viscount. 1757-1844. British Prime Minister 1801-4. Treaty of Amiens. Peterloo Massacre.
Six Acts. 1819. Suppressed Radicals after Peterloo.
Abbaye Prison. Principal site of 1792 September Massacres.
Abd al-Mumin. 1094-1163. Founded Almohad Empire in north Africa and Spain. Massacred Almoravids.
Amboina Massacre. 1623. 20 British and Japanese merchants executed by Dutch for plotting overthrow.
Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
Armenian Massacres. 1894-1918. 1.8M Armenians killed in Turkey.
Barrackpore Mutiny. 1824. Indian troops vs British commanders. Troops massacred.
Bartholemew’s Day, St. St. Bartholemew’s Day.
Boston Massacre. 1770. British soldiers kill 5 colonists rioting vs Townshend Acts. A cause of the American Revolution.
Boxer Rebellion. 1900. Massacre of ‘foreign devils’ by Chinese led to reprisals and Peking Protocol.
Calley, Wm. Convicted of My Lai Massacre.
Campbell, John. 1635-1716. Glencoe massacre organizer.
Catherine de Medici. 1519-89. Wife of Henry II, mother of 3 French kings, built Tuileries Palace. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Charles IX. 1550-74. King of France 1560-. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Cholula, Massacre. 1519. Cortes razes Mexican town; 3000 dead.
Coligny, Gaspard de. 1519-72. Huguenot leader 1562-. Influence on king caused Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
Delacroix, Eugène. 1798-1863. French Romantic painter. Dante and Virgil. Massacre at Chios 1824.
Fetterman Massacre. 1866. Red Cloud-led Sioux kill 80 US Soldiers.
Glencoe Massacre. 1692. Campbells kill 38 MacDonalds for late oath of allegiance to King William.
Goliad Massacre. 1836. 350 Texan prisoners by Mexico in War for Independence.
Guise, Francois, duc de. 1519-63. Massacred Huguenots at Vassy, 1562, starting War of Religion.
Guise, Henri, duc de. 1550-88. Partipated in St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Founded Catholic League 1576. Led revolt against Henry III. Murdered.
Herod. 73-4BC. King of Judaea 37BC-. Massacre of the Innocents.