aug 16, 1819 - Peterloo Massacre

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English cavalry charge a convocation of around 60,000 people assembled for parliamentary reform, resulting in the deaths of 18 and the injury of several hundred. This event is the culmination of the post-Napoleonic economic slump, which led to high unemployment, high food prices, and exacerbated the desire for popular governance both in Britain and on the continent.

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