Peterloo Massacre

British  

/ ˌpiːtəˈluː /

noun

1. an incident at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, in 1819 in which a radical meeting was broken up by a cavalry charge, resulting in about 500 injuries and 11 deaths

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Etymology

Origin of Peterloo Massacre

C19: from St Peter's Fields + _Waterloo

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Peterloo Massacre

In a poem about this event — the infamous Peterloo Massacre — Percy Bysshe Shelley proclaimed that the downtrodden would soon “rise like Lions after slumber.”

From Washington Post ● May 29, 2019

While the Peterloo Massacre was taking place in 1819 yards away through Albert Hall and across Peter’s Street, the wounded were brought to the Ralph Abercromby for medical treatment.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016

Director Mike Leigh is to make a film about the events of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2015

Other festival highlights include actress Maxine Peake in the play The Masque of Anarchy, inspired by the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2013

In July, she will perform Shelley's The Masque of Anarchy, a 91-stanza political epic written in response to the Peterloo Massacre, at the Manchester international festival.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013

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