People killed during this event include the Dawson Brothers.
People killed during this event include the Dawson Brothers. Those blamed for this event include Hugh Hornby Birley, Guy L'Estrange, and Major Thomas Trafford. This event arose out of a meeting that William Hulton was unable to stop, even after he was warned by Lord (*) Sidmouth, the Home Secretary, that it would be illegal. This event took place during the ministry of Lord Liverpool and it resulted in the repressive Six Acts. Occurring during a speech by Henry Hunt, a radical orator, it saw a charge of hussars into a crowd. For ten points, name this 1819 massacre in which British soldiers attacked and killed protestors, whose name is a Napoleonic pun.
People killed during this event include the Dawson Brothers.
{Peterloo} Massacre