Chartism

British political movement

13 dated entries naming Chartism, drawn from 9 separate years between 1794 CE and 1855 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

1794July 18 – Feargus O'Connor, Irish political radical, Chartist leader (died 1855)source

19th century

1838The People's Charter is drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding universal suffrage.source
183824 September – "Monster meeting" on Kersal Moor, Salford, in support of Chartism.source
1839March – John Frost, former mayor of Newport, is deprived of his position as a magistrate because of his Chartist sympathies.source
183910 June – Major Chartist meeting on Glasgow Green.source
1839August – National Chartist organisation set up in Scotland.source
1839November 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.source
18401 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.source
1841Autumn – Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor tours Scotland.source
1842April–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.source
184614 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.source
1848April 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.source
1855August 30 – Feargus O'Connor, British political radical, Chartist leader (born 1794)source

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