Timeline Thursday 6 June 1844

Events on Thursday 6 June 1844 2

• 1844 Silesian weavers' revolt Starving linen weavers riot in Peterswaldau and Langenbielau Impoverished 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".
• 1844 YMCA founded in London George Williams founds the Young Men's Christian Association George Williams and a group of fellow drapery workers founded the Young Men's Christian Association in London. It began as a source of Christian fellowship for young men working in the city. It went on to become one of the largest youth organisations in the world.