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Events on Thursday 27 February 1710 1
1710Trial and riots over Henry SacheverellAn Anglican clergyman's impeachment trial triggers unrest in LondonThe High Church clergyman Henry Sacheverell was tried before the House of Lords between 27 February and 23 March 1710 for a sermon attacking Dissenters and the principles of the 1688 Revolution. His trial provoked riots in London, where crowds attacked Dissenting meeting houses. Though convicted, Sacheverell received a lenient sentence, and the affair fueled the Tory election victory later that year.