Timeline Monday 2 December 1816

Events on Monday 2 December 1816 1

• 1816 Spa Fields riots Mass unemployment meeting in London turns to disorder A large open-air meeting at Spa Fields in London, called to petition the Prince Regent over unemployment and high food prices worsened by the year's poor harvest, broke down when a radical faction tried to incite an armed uprising and looted gunsmiths' shops. The unrest heightened government fears of revolutionary conspiracy and led to a renewed crackdown on radical meetings.