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1835
Frost, John
3rd Nov Newport The Chartist leader is transported after a riot at Newport
3rd Nov Newport The crowd is fired on & 20 people are killed
1905
Pankhurst, Christabel
Manchester Disrupts Edward Grey's meeting in Manchester
1910
Pankhurst, Emily
London Accuses Churchill of directing the police & responsible for the events of Black Friday
18th Nov London A deputation of 300 women march on the Commons
18th Nov London Police have to use force & 115 demonstrators are arrested
1911
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
23rd Feb Accounts are published of police confrontation outside the Commons with Suffragettes
23rd Feb The WSPU claim police act under Churchill's instructions during Black Friday
1935
Knox, Geoffrey
23rd Nov Saarland Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland
1938
Matthews, Stanley
Stoke Asks for a transfer, more than 3,000 fans attend a protest meeting and a further 1,000 demonstrate & Matthews stays
1952
Eden, Robert Anthony
25th Jan Ismailia Anti-British riots follow after the British sieze the police HQ at Ismailia
27th Jan Cairo The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations
1956
Eden, Robert Anthony
4th Nov London Demonstrators advance on Downing St from Trafalgar Sqr
1961
Redgrave, Venessa
18th Sep London Arrested with 800 others during a CND march in London
1967
Wilson, James Harold
10th Feb A curfew is imposed in Aden after nationalist riots
1968
Wilson, James Harold
27th Oct London Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations are held in London
1969
Lennon, John Winston
21st Mar Amsterdam Lennon & Yoko Ono stage their "Beds in Peace" at the Amsterdam Hilton on honeymoon
1969
Wilson, James Harold
14th Aug Belfast Rioting besets Belfast for three days, 8 Catholics are killed and two hundred thirty-six people wounded, the British sent in the army in an effort to keep order in Northern Ireland
14th Aug Londonerry Sends in the Army after a peaceful civil rights demonstration which is broken
1971
Heath, Edward Richard George
11th Mar Belfast Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders
18th Mar Belfast 1,800 more troops are sent to Northern Ireland
1972
Heath, Edward Richard George
30th Jan Londonderry 14 unarmed are were killed by British soldiers during an illegal march in Londonderry
30th Jan Londonderry Paratroopers open fire on rioting Catholics in Londonderry killing 13
1976
Corrigan, Mairead
28th Aug Belfast 25,000 Protestant & Catholic women march through Belfast
1976
Williams, Betty
28th Aug Belfast 25,000 Protestant & Catholic women march through Belfast
1981
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
Brixton Visits Brixton Police Station
10th April Brixton Lord Scarman is later appointed to review the causes of the riots
10th April Brixton !st day of a weekend of riots in Brixton
8th July Manchester Moss Side in Manchester experiences its first of 2 days disorder
13th July Liverpool Visits Liverpool & drives through the scene of the riots in Toxteth
1981
Whitelaw
12th April London Visits Brixton & expresses "extreme distress & horror"
1981
Whitelaw, William
12th April London Visits Brixton & expresses "extreme distress & horror"
1990
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
31st Mar London 400 people were arrested and property was damaged with repairs estimated at œ400,000 after the demonstration which saw 100,000 people turn out to protest
31st Mar London Poll Tax demonstrations take place in Trafalgar Sqr, 417 injured & 341 arrested
2003
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton
Feb Nationwide demonstrations against war in Iraq
15th Feb Hyde Park At least 1 million demonstrate against the war in Iraq

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