FTP, identify this 1819 massacre which derives its name from the fact that it took place at St. Peter's Field four years after the Battle of Waterloo.
Its aftermath saw Lords Sidmouth and Liverpool push through Parliament the so-called Six Acts, which included a measure requiring a sheriff's permission to hold public meetings of over fifty people.  Two year-old William Fildes was among the eleven killed as divisions of yeomanry and hussars cut through a crowd of 60,000 to arrest Henry "Orator" Hunt and various leaders of the Manchester Patriotic Union Society.  FTP, identify this 1819 massacre which derives its name from the fact that it took place at St. Peter's Field four years after the Battle of Waterloo.
Its aftermath saw Lords Sidmouth and Liverpool push through Parliament the so-called Six Acts, which included a measure requiring a sheriff's permission to hold public meetings of over fifty people.  
Peterloo Massacre