{"slug": "chartism", "label": "Chartism", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193974", "qid": "Q193974", "description": "British political movement", "entries": 13, "years": 9, "span": [1794, 1855], "span_label": ["1794 CE", "1855 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 6}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Chartists"], "related": [{"slug": "parliament-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Parliament of the United Kingdom", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Feargus O'Connor, Irish political radical, Chartist leader (d. 1855)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801189#Births", "title": "1794", "revid": 1362801189, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1838, "year_label": "1838 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The People's Charter is drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding universal suffrage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360381946#April–June", "title": "1838", "revid": 1360381946, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1838, "year_label": "1838 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 24", "text": "24 September – \"Monster meeting\" on Kersal Moor, Salford, in support of Chartism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362628622#Events", "title": "1838 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1362628622, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March", "text": "March – John Frost, former mayor of Newport, is deprived of his position as a magistrate because of his Chartist sympathies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360385652#Events", "title": "1839 in Wales", "revid": 1360385652, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 10", "text": "10 June – Major Chartist meeting on Glasgow Green.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739571#Events", "title": "1839 in Scotland", "revid": 1353739571, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August", "text": "August – National Chartist organisation set up in Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353739571#Events", "title": "1839 in Scotland", "revid": 1353739571, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – Newport Rising: Between 5,000 and 10,000 Chartist sympathisers march on Newport, Monmouthshire, to liberate Chartist prisoners; around 22 are killed when troops fire on the crowd. This is the last large-scale armed civil rebellion against authority in mainland Britain and sees the most deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360384794#October–December", "title": "1839", "revid": 1360384794, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 1", "text": "1 January - Trial of Chartists John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones for their part in the Newport Rising of 1839 continues at Monmouth before Chief Justice Tindal. This is the first trial where proceedings are recorded in shorthand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360391318#Events", "title": "1840 in Wales", "revid": 1360391318, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1841, "year_label": "1841 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor tours Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254583#Events", "title": "1841 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254583, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1842, "year_label": "1842 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April", "text": "April–September – 1842 general strike spreads across England's industrial districts, driven by Chartism. Includes the Preston Strike and Pottery Riots. Protestors are killed by the military in several places.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365455258#April–June", "title": "1842", "revid": 1365455258, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 14", "text": "14 March – First property purchased for Feargus O'Connor's Chartist-backed English National Land Company to provide smallholdings and suffrage for working men, at Heronsgate (O'Connorville) in Hertfordshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341040792#Events", "title": "1846 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1341040792, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1848, "year_label": "1848 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – A Chartist 'Monster Rally' is held in Kennington Park London, headed by Feargus O'Connor. A petition demanding the franchise is presented to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370038858#April–June", "title": "1848", "revid": 1370038858, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – Feargus O'Connor, British political radical, Chartist leader (b. 1794)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#July–December", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}