Timeline Monday 11 March 1811

Events on Monday 11 March 1811 1

• 1811 Luddite riots begin in England Textile workers destroy machinery in Nottinghamshire Framework knitters and weavers, angered by low wages and the spread of mechanized looms, began smashing textile machinery across the English Midlands. The unrest spread over the following two years and prompted the British government to make machine-breaking a capital offense. The movement gave its name, "Luddite," to later resistance to industrial technology.