HiSCoD

Évènement : Évènement à Glasgow le 4 mars 1861
Identifiant : HISCOD_14338
Date :

Année : 1861

Mois : Mars

Jour : 4

Jour de la semaine : Lundi

Localisation :

Lieu historique : Glasgow

Lieu : Glasgow

Code commune : -

Latitude : 55.862790709818

Longitude : -4.23675917080713

Unités administratives historiques :

Entité politique : Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande

Entité administrative : Lanarkshire

Sous-entité administrative : -

Unités administratives :

Pays : Écosse

Entité administrative : Glasgow

Sous-entité administrative : Glasgow City

Caractéristiques :

Typologie HiSCoD : Autres formes de conflit

Typologie originale : Political

Nombre de participants : IndéterminéParticipation féminine : Indéterminé

Présentation du contenu

Description (langue originale) : -

Description (anglais) : Police Commissioners Election. After result declared crowd (who were non electors) started shouting hooting and yelling. Police Office's and Commissioners' Chambers had windows smashed. Any commissioner who ventured outside was assailed. By 10pm started attacking the doors and shutters with sticks. Commissioners tried to make a dash for it but were attacked. 10.30pm band started playing and chants of ‘To Moore's!’ (Moore being the person who had just won the election). Attacked Bailie's house and his bakers shop. Lamps smashed. Threw bread cart into the river. House of More, of the superintendent of police and others attacked. By 12.30am crowd had exhausted itself. Police did nothing.

Bibliographie

Sources primaires : North British Daily Mail 6/3/1861.
Glasgow Examiner 9/3/1861.
Glasgow Herald - Tuesday 05 March 1861.

Bibliographie : Tiratelli, Matteo (2020). ‘The Changing Practice of Rioting: Revisiting Repertoire Transitions in Britain, 1800-1939’. Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 25(2), pp. 201-219 [10.17813/1086-671X-25-2-201].
Tiratelli, Matteo (2019). ‘Catalogue of riots in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester, 1800-1939’. UK Data Service, V1 [10.5255/UKDA-SN-853781].

Notes

Auteur(s) : Matteo Tiratelli

Contributeur(s) : Cédric Chambru, Paul Maneuvrier-Hervieu

Date de création : 2022-01-14

Date d'édition : 2022-04-19