LONDON RADICAL HISTORIES

Tag: 1760s

Sep 6

Today in London riotous history, 1763: sailors protest arrest of ‘disorderly women’, Whitechapel
Apr 16

Today in London radical history, 1771: an informer who sent insurgent silkweavers to the gallows killed in community punishment, Bethnal Green
May 10

Today in London riotous history, 1768: the ‘Massacre of St George’s Fields’
May 9

Today in London fashion history, 1768: hatters strike for a wage rise
Aug 17

Today in London industrial history, 1769: The Bold Defiance attack looms of silkweavers working below the agreed rate, Spitalfields.
May 9

Today in London radical history, 1768: 2000 Thames watermen picket Royal Exchange & mansion house, 1768, over a decline in trade.
Jan 9

Today in London’s penal history:John Smith gets 7 years in Newgate, for involvement in destruction of Dingley’s Sawmill. 1769.
Jan 3

Today in London’s history: splits deepen among silkweavers, Spitalfields, 1768.
Sep 19

Today in London festival history: illegal attempt to hold Southwark Fair, 1763.
Jun 24

Today in drinking history: beer price rise causes tumults in Westminster, 1761.

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