The 1996 Manchester bombing was an attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on Saturday 15 June 1996, when they detonated a 15,000 kg bomb in the centre of Manchester, England.
Atterbury Plot
Conspiracy named after Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, aimed at restoring the House of Stuart to the throne of Great Britain.
Battle of Badon
Redirected to Battle of Mons Badonicus.
Battle of Howe Bridge
The Battle of Howe Bridge took place on 4 February 1881 against the background of an acrimonious strike by 50,000 miners from pits on the Lancashire coalfield that was characterised by mobs of miners picketing working pits.
Battle of Mons Badonicus
Battle reportedly fought between the Celtic Britons and invading Anglo-Saxons, possibly in 516.
Cheetham Close
Cheetham Close, a hill in the West Pennine Moors above Turton in Lancashire, is the site of an ancient stone circle.
Combination Acts
Acts of Parliament passed by the Tory government of William Pitt the Younger in response to its fear of unrest or revolution among the working classes. They banned workers from combining to form trade unions and prevented them from striking, calling for shorter hours or increased pay.
Death of Kevin Gately
Student who died as the result of a head injury received in the Red Lion Square disorders in London in 1974.
Five Members
Five members of parliament whom King Charles tried to have arrested in the House of Commons on 4 January 1642.
Fortescue Conspiracy
Attempt in 1558 to foretell the duration of the the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Gunpowder Plot
Attempt in 1605 to assassinate King James I and re-establish a Catholic monarchy by blowing up the House of Lords.
Guy Fawkes
Member of the group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Henry Garnet
English Jesuit priest executed for his complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Leighth Feight
Clash between Chartists and police in Leigh, Lancashire in August 1839.
Manchester Blitz
Heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in North West England during the Second World War by the Nazi German Luftwaffe.
Manchester Martyrs
Three men executed for the murder of a police officer in Manchester, England, in 1867.
Peterloo Massacre
Cavalry charge on 16 August 1819 into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 that had gathered at St Peter’s Field, Manchester, England to demand the reform of parliamentary representation
Power-loom riots
Rioting by hand loom weavers in 1826 in Lancashire, England against the introduction of the much more efficient power looms.
Robert Keyes
One of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Skelmanthorpe flag
Banner made in honour of the victims of the Peterloo Massacre.
Thomas Tyldesley
Supporter of Charles I and a Royalist commander during the English Civil War.
Waldegrave Conspiracy
Supposed plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I and reintroduce Catholicism to England.