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Bloody Sunday, London, England, 13 November, 1887 was a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O'Brien. The demonstration was organised by the Radical Federation .
Some 10,000 marchers approached Trafalgar Square from several different directions, led by (among others) John Burns, Annie Besant and Robert Cunninghame-Graham.
Two thousand police and 400 troops were deployed to halt the demonstration but in the ensuing clashes many people were so badly beaten they required hospital treatment; Burns and Cunninghame-Graham were arrested and imprisoned for six weeks.