Gavazzi Riots

Gavazzi Riots
Engraving, Troops firing on the crowd, Gavazzi Riots, Montreal, QC, 1853, John Henry Walker (1831-1899)
LocationQuebec City, Montreal
Coordinates46°48′43″N 71°12′18″W / 46.81194°N 71.20500°W / 46.81194; -71.20500 45°30′4.1″N 73°33′42.7″W / 45.501139°N 73.561861°W / 45.501139; -73.561861
DateJune 6 and June 9, 1853 (EST)
TargetHalls in which Alessandro Gavazzi was lecturing
Attack type
Forcible entrance
WeaponsStones, bludgeons
Deaths>5
Injured>10
VictimProtestants
DefendersCharles Wilson

The Gavazzi Riots were disturbances created in Quebec and Montreal in June 1853 by mobs which attacked halls in which ex-Catholic monk Alessandro Gavazzi was lecturing.[1][2]

  1. ^ Horner, 2011
  2. ^ Aspinwall, 2006