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Events on Tuesday 4 June 1844 1
1844Silesian weavers' revoltStarving linen weavers riot in Peterswaldau and LangenbielauImpoverished home weavers in Prussian Silesia attacked the houses and warehouses of local textile merchants. Prussian troops crushed the uprising and killed several people. The revolt became a symbol of early industrial misery in German literature, notably in Heine's poem "The Silesian Weavers".