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Peterloo Massacre (1819)

On the Age of Revolutions map as “Peterloo”

16 Aug 1819 — At Manchester, cavalry charged a peaceful reform meeting of 60,000 people. Eighteen died. Britain’s road would run through reform bills rather than barricades, but opening that road had a cost.

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Site of memory
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Age of Metternich (chapter 11 of Age of Revolutions)
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The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
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Industrial Revolution
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