BattlefieldsSpa Fields mass meeting first 1816
modern

Spa Fields mass meeting first 1816

1816
England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Henry Hunt as speaker; government observers monitoring the meeting
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Tens of thousands of London working poor
Outcome
Peaceful first meeting; petition delivered to Prince Regent; second meeting the following month ended in riot
The Battle

History & Significance

The first Spa Fields meeting in Islington attracted tens of thousands of people to hear Henry Hunt speak on parliamentary reform and relief for the distressed poor; it was the largest radical meeting in London to that date and demonstrated the scale of post-war discontent

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