Timeline Tuesday 10 June 1817

Events on Tuesday 10 June 1817 1

• 1817 Pentrich Rising Armed uprising of Derbyshire workers crushed within hours On the night of 9-10 June 1817, several hundred workers led by Jeremiah Brandreth marched from Pentrich in Derbyshire intending to join a wider rebellion and march on London. The poorly coordinated rising collapsed when government forces intercepted the marchers. Brandreth and three others were later executed for treason.