Peterloo Massacre Guardian" in 2006, Peterloo came second to the Putney Debates as the event from radical British history that most deserved a proper monument or a memorial. Peterloo is commemorated by a plaque close to the site, a replacement for an earlier one that was criticised as being inadequate as it did not reflect the scale of the massacre. In 1819, Lancashire was represented by two members of parliament (MPs). Voting was restricted to the adult male owners of freehold land with an annual rental value of 40 shillings (£2) or more – the equivalent of about £80 in 2008 –
Zilan massacre Zilan massacre The Zilan massacre (, etc.), refers to the massacre of thousands of Kurdish residents in the Zilan Valley of Turkey by 12/13 July 1930, during the Ararat rebellion, in which 800–1500 armed men participated. The Zilan massacre took place in the Zilan or Zeylan valley (Kurdish: "Geliyê Zîlan", Turkish: "Zilan Deresi", "Zeylân Deresi)" located to the north of the town of Erciş in Van Province. The massacre took place in July 1930, before the Third Ararat Operation (Turkish: "Üçüncü Ağrı Harekâtı", September 7–14, 1930), which was a military operation of the Turkish IX Corps under the command of