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.
Date	13 November 1887
Location	Trafalgar Square, London, England
Caused by	Coercion in Ireland Unemployment in Ireland Arrest and imprisonment of William O'Brien Long Depression
Goals	Home Rule in Ireland Release of William O'Brien
Methods	Political demonstration
Parties
Social Democratic Federation Irish National League Fabian Society Unaffiliated marchers Metropolitan Police British Army
Lead figures
John Burns William Morris Annie Besant Cunninghame Graham Charles Warren
Number
10,000–30,000 (est.) Metropolitan Police: 2,000 British Army: 400
Casualties
Injuries	75 badly injured (all sides)
Arrested	400

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]