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

But who was the man who ordered the Peterloo Massacre?

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2018

Parts of Lincoln have been transformed to represent Manchester in 1819 for Mike Leigh's new film about the Peterloo Massacre.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2017

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

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