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...

the attack. The riots, in response to a parliamentary bill revoking sanctions against Roman Catholicism, became known as the Gordon Riots and provoked a...

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...

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...

press invented by George Phineas Gordon Gordon RFC, Sydney rugby union club Gordon Riots, in 18th-century Britain "Gordons" (Orange Is the New Black), a...

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...

admirable answer to ye malicious attack on Lord Sandwich." During the Gordon riots of 1780, his uncle Lord Mansfield's Bloomsbury Square townhouse was burned...

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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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...

there was little public order. Several decades later, the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots swept through London and claimed hundreds of lives; at the time, a proclamation...

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...

During the 1780 Gordon Riots in London, the blue cockade became a symbol of anti-government feelings and was worn by most of the rioters. During the American...

conquer Britain, and anti-Catholicism persisted. The Gordon Riots of 1780 was a violent anti-Catholic riot in London against the Papists Act of 1778. Passed...

to 1782. His ministry oversaw the Falklands Crisis of 1770, the 1780 Gordon Riots and the outbreak of the American War of Independence. Volo 2012. Thomas...

(France) 1780 – Gordon Riots (London, England) 1788 – Doctors' Riot (New York City) 1789 – Réveillon Riots (Paris, France) 1791 – Priestley Riots (Birmingham...

during the Gordon Riots in 1780. An adjacent distillery, owned by a Roman Catholic, Mr Langdale (who escaped), was set alight by rioters. The Hall and...

its name from Christopher Hibbert's 1958 book on the Gordon Riots of June 1780, in which rioters daubed the slogan "His Majesty King Mob" on the walls...

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York City draft riots during the American Civil War, and it was not surpassed until the 1992 Los Angeles riots 25 years later. The riot was prominently...

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However, the passing of this act was the occasion of the anti-Catholic Gordon riots (1780) in which the violence of the mob was especially directed against...

and in June 1780 contributed to disturbances in London known as the Gordon riots. As late as the Siege of Charleston in 1780, Loyalists could still believe...

on the streets of London during the Gordon Riots of 1780. The Bank of England was a likely target for the rioters, and a force of regular troops was sent...

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duke's heir apparent: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (b. 1994), the 11th Duke's eldest son Gordon Highlanders Gordon Riots Duke of Richmond Duke of Lennox Ordnance...

Newgate Prison was almost finished when it was stormed by a mob during the Gordon riots in June 1780. The building was gutted by fire, and the walls were badly...

anti-Catholic riots and witch hunts. Examples of anti-Catholic riots included:[citation needed] Philadelphia Anti-Catholic Riots Bath, Maine anti-Catholic riot of...

and to inherit land. Reaction against this led to riots in Scotland in 1779 and then the Gordon Riots in London on 2 June 1780. Further relief was given...

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