Timeline Tuesday 10 May 1768

Events on Tuesday 10 May 1768 1

• 1768 Massacre of St George's Fields British troops kill protesters in London Soldiers fired on a crowd gathered in Southwark to protest the imprisonment of radical politician John Wilkes, killing several people. The incident inflamed public anger over government repression and became a rallying point for the Wilkes and Liberty movement. It remained a touchstone in British debates over the use of troops against civilians.