Bloody Sunday (1887)

Bloody Sunday
Part of the Irish Home Rule movement
Engraving from The Graphic (published 19 November 1887) depicting a policeman being clubbed by a demonstrator as he wrests a banner from "a Socialist woman leader, one Mrs. Taylor", while other people are covering their heads to protect themselves from raised police batons.
Date13 November 1887
Location
Caused by
Goals
MethodsPolitical demonstration
Parties
Lead figures
Number
10,000–30,000 (est.)

Metropolitan Police: 2,000

British Army: 400
Casualties
Injuries75 badly injured (all sides)
Arrested400

Bloody Sunday was an event which took place in London, England on 13 November 1887, when a crowd of marchers protesting about unemployment and the Irish Coercion Acts, as well as demanding the release of MP William O'Brien, clashed with the Metropolitan Police. The demonstration was organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League. Violent clashes took place between the police and demonstrators, many "armed with iron bars, knives, pokers and gas pipes". A contemporary report noted that 400 were arrested and 75 people were badly injured, including many police, two policemen being stabbed and one protester bayonetted.[1]