Gavazzi Riots
19th C. riots in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Gavazzi Riots | |
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Location | Quebec City, Montreal |
Coordinates | 46°48′43″N 71°12′18″W 45°30′4.1″N 73°33′42.7″W |
Date | June 6 and June 9, 1853 (EST) |
Target | Halls in which Alessandro Gavazzi was lecturing |
Attack type | Forcible entrance |
Weapons | Stones, bludgeons |
Deaths | >5 |
Injured | >10 |
Victim | Protestants |
Defenders | Charles Wilson |
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