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Bloody Sunday

Great Britain · Politics / Social Protest. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1887Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1887

Annie Besant13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Speaks during the London protest crisis.

John Burns13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Is arrested during the London protest.

Robert Cunninghame Graham13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Is arrested after the Trafalgar Square confrontation.

Henry Mayers Hyndman13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Leads protesters during the Trafalgar Square confrontation.

Henry Mayers Hyndman13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Leads unemployed and Irish nationalist demonstrators in London.

William Morris13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Protests against police violence after the Trafalgar Square clash.

George Bernard Shaw13 November 1887

Trafalgar Square · Politics / Social Protest

Witnesses the protest and police confrontation.

Names involved

Annie BesantGeorge Bernard ShawHenry Mayers HyndmanJohn BurnsRobert Cunninghame GrahamWilliam Morris

Provenance

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