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    The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against...
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    George Gordon (26 December 1751 – 1 November 1793) was a British nobleman and politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780...
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    the attack. The riots, in response to a parliamentary bill revoking sanctions against Roman Catholicism, became known as the Gordon Riots and provoked a...
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    2008–2009 Oslo riots 2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots 2006 Brussels riots 2005 French riots 2001 England riots Ferguson unrest 1981 Brixton riot George Floyd...
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    serial Master Humphrey's Clock. Barnaby Rudge is largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780. Barnaby Rudge was the fifth of Dickens's novels to be published...
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    British army as they suppressed the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London. After the outbreak of rioting Amherst deployed the small London garrison of Horse...
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    The Riot Act 1714 was introduced during a time of civil disturbance in Great Britain, including the Sacheverell riots of 1710, the Coronation riots of...
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    the Court of King's Bench, as a result of Gordon's role in the Gordon Riots. Gordon, President of the Protestant Association, had led a protest against...
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    I 1196: William with the long beard causes riots when he preaches for the poor against the rich 1221: Riots occur after London defeats Westminster in an...
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    1780, however, he commanded militia forces which helped put down the Gordon Riots, damaging his popularity with many radicals. This marked a turning point...
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