#OnThisDay in Socialist History, 1886: The Fabian Society hold their first Conference, at South Place Chapel. The first major meeting organised by the society, its theme was nationalisation of land and capital.

#OnThisDay in London religious history, 1535: Two anabaptists burned at Smithfield, for heresy More on 16th century anabaptism & its repression in London : wp.me/p74yfw-VJ

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#OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Revolting peasants plunder a rich man’s house, North Cray, 1381. wp.me/p74yfw-9X

#OnThisDay in London legal history, a Parliamentary ordinance is passed banning all festivals and holidays, 1647: part of repression of popular culture under the civil war regime. Resistance forces concessions however... wp.me/p74yfw-7f

"They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew” Miriam Margolyes, Michael Rosen & Alexei Sayle DON’T HOLD BACK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URpIy_pWthk

#OnThisDay in London's radical history: Striking miners march on Parliament, 1984 wp.me/p74yfw-9N

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#OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Gordon Rioters burn down the Kings Bench Prison. wp.me/p74yfw-nb

#JuneMonthOfRevolt #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Prime Minister Lord North’s house is attacked by the Gordon Rioters, who are driven off by mounted dragoons.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: The Poultry Compter mini-prison (off Cheapside, in the City) is attacked by Gordon Rioters. They are chased off by musket fire, but the lord mayor orders the inmates freed anyway!

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: In the turning point of the Gordon Riots, three mass attacks on the Bank of England are repelled by Militia musket fire. Many rioters are killed.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Italian dance master Grimaldi stops a Gordon Riots crowd burning his house, (a foreigner = a papist, they think) instead of the usual cry of  “No Popery!” he shouts he has “No Religion” - they cheer him & move on.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Gordon Rioters looting a house battle it out with troops in Broad Street.

#OnThisDay in London transport history, 1891: The first London bus strike starts. wp.me/p74yfw-uS

#OnThisDay in London ‪anti-fascist history, 1934: British Union of Fascists rally At Kensington Olympia, disrupted by Communist Party activists and others.‬ hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/f...

#OnThisDay in London transport history, 1695: masked Hackney cabmen ‘affront’ gentlemen, in the Ring, Hyde Park – after which cabs are banned from there till the 1920s.

Listen now to the @opencity-uk.bsky.social Deconstructed podcast with @matthewlloydr.bsky.social and I discussing Grosvenor Square, 1968 and protest. shows.acast.com/601c017e2709...

Celebrate the Burning of Newgate Prison on 6 June 1780 by the Gordon Rioters with our A3 double-sided poster Plus more of the history of resistance to London’s most infamous jail… pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/we-r...

#OnThisDay in London festive history, 2007: ‘Bonkersfest’ carnival of madness and creativity, Camberwell Green, 2007. Much more on local madness in our walk around Camberwell history - imprisonment of the ‘insane’, treatment, resistance & Mad Pride! pasttensehistories.bigcartel.com/product/rare...

#OnThisDay in London festive history: Brixton streets Reclaimed for wicked street party, 1998 wp.me/p74yfw-mZ

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1848: first meeting of ulterior chartist committee, Windsor Castle pub, Holborn, to plan a revolutionary uprising. wp.me/p74yfw-1dM

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Gordon rioters roll Lord Sandwich in the mud. wp.me/p74yfw-9I

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in rebellious history, 1381: Robert Cave, a baker in Dartford, leads a group of rebels gathered from Dartford, Erith, Lesness, Bexly and the surrounding villages in an assault on Rochester Castle.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: 500 Gordon Rioters besiege Lambeth palace, threatening to burn it later, but when they return troops have been stationed there. The troops stay for 2 months just in case.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, Lord Mansfield's house attacked & burnt out by the Gordon Rioters. They tear down the railings, destroy his furniture & loot his possessions.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: A crowd of Gordon Rioters march on Newgate prison from Long Acre & Covent Garden, and set fire to the Keeper, Richard Akerman’s house, seize the prison keys, and free at least 117 prisoners, striking off their chains.

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Justice Hyde’s house, St Martins Street, ransacked by Gordon Rioters in revenge for his attempts to quell the riots. From here the crowd headed for Newgate Prison…

Could get behind this as a policy for moderate reform

#JuneMonthOfRevolt ‬ #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Clerkenwell House of Detention, stormed by Gordon rioters, who freed all the cons (jailers had left some doors open when they fled in terror.)

Next Weds 10 June we welcome @jamie-gemmell.bsky.social (KCL) to our seminar, who will present their paper titled ‘John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship’ Register below to join us either in person at the IHR or online from 17:30. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

#OnThisDay in London religious history: former blasphemous lecturer Robert Taylor, known as the ‘devil’s chaplain dies’, 1844. wp.me/p74yfw-2Q

#OnThisDay in London transport history: Police seize a no 11 bus for a mobile custody suite, 2002, after nicking demonstrators in a Whitechapel pub for planning to protest the queens jubilee wp.me/p74yfw-9C

#OnThisDay in London punishment history: Patrick Dudley hanged for escaping from prison hulks for the second time. 1785. More on 18th/19th century Prison hulks: wp.me/p74yfw-20K

#OnThisDay in London's apocalyptic history, 1795: the day London was to be destroyed, according to prophet Richard Brothers m, unless king & government halt the war against revolutionary France. Brothers mixed millennarianism & radical ideas, a heady brew in the 1790s. wp.me/p74yfw-13P

#OnThisDay in London racist history, 1976: teenage student Gurdip Singh Chaggar is stabbed to death by a gang of five white youths in Southall southall-inspired.com/young-rebels... Photos of his funeral and protests www.reportdigital.co.uk/archive-phot...

#OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: A crowd hassles soldiers marching 13 arrestees (from the night before’s Gordon Rioting) to Bow Street

#OnThisDay, 2000: A light shining on Buckingham Palace: mooners at the monarchy nicked… wp.me/p74yfw-9y

#OnThisDay in London educational history, 2014: pupils at Crown Woods School, Eltham, strike against the school being turned into an academy.

#OnThisDay in London riotous history, 1780: Gordon Rioters smashed up a catholic chapel in Ropemakers Alley, Moorfields, and later all the catholic chapels in the area, as well as attacking many of the Irish workers who lived here.

#OnThisDay in London's rebel history: Brian Haw sets up peace camp, Parliament Square, 2001. wp.me/p74yfw-9v

JUNE: MONTH OF REVOLT! #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1381: As the Peasants Revolt gets going, a small armed band, headed by one Abel Ker of Erith, burst into the monastery of Lesness (modern Abbey Wood) and frighten the Abbot into swearing an oath to support them.

JUNE: MONTH OF REVOLT! #OnThisDay in London radical history, 1381: As the Peasants’ Revolt gathers pace, Essex and Kent rebels hold a conference at Barking - planning the march on the capital? A post with a discussion on revolt, organisation, spontaneity in 1381: wp.me/p74yfw-n1

JUNE: MONTH OF REVOLT! #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: Protestant Association march to Parliament to protest against the Catholic Relief Act, which gives limited legal toleration to catholics. Marchers assault Lords and MPs trying to get to Parliament.

JUNE: MONTH OF REVOLT! #OnThisDay in London rebellious history, 1780: The Roman Catholic chapel of the Sardinian Ambassador, Lincolns Inn Fields, is trashed & burnt by the Gordon Rioters.

#OnThisDay in London radical history, 1847: a congress of the League of the Just opens in London; the League renames itself the Communist League a few days in. Friedrich Engels is a prominent organiser www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

#OnThisDay in London's radical history: a fascist British League rally in Ridley Road market, Dalston, is smashed by anti-fascist Jewish 43 Group, 1947 wp.me/p74yfw-9r

#OnThisDay in London's penal history: a planned mass escape in Newgate Prison is foiled, 1758

#OnThisDay in London's striking history, 1768: journeymen shoemakers "assembled in a tumultuous manner in Moorfields, and other places, for advancing their wages”. 1768 saw a massive wave of organised struggles by London’s workers, from silkweavers to coalheavers & sailors.

Protests are stepping up in France against new RIPOST law criminalising free parties (images from Monpellier Manifestive demo yesterday)- more here history-is-made-at-night.blogspot.com/2026/05/fran...

#OnThisDay in London's rebel history: disabled suffragette Rosa May Billinghurst born, Lewisham, 1875. wp.me/p74yfw-9l