assassination of Spencer Perceval

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The assassination of Spencer Perceval was the 1812 shooting of the British Prime Minister in the House of Commons, the only successful assassination of a UK prime minister in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British merchant ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
assassination ⓘ
murder ⓘ
political assassination ⓘ
category 1812 crimes in the United Kingdom ⓘ
assassinations in the United Kingdom ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
convictedOf murder of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1812-05-11 ⓘ
dateOfExecution 1812-05-18 ⓘ
depictedIn contemporary newspaper illustrations ⓘ
historical paintings ⓘ
followedBy formation of a new British government ⓘ
hasChronologicalPlacement 19th century ⓘ
Georgian era ⓘ
hasConsequence increased security in the Houses of Parliament ⓘ
political instability in the British government ⓘ
public shock and mourning in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasImmediateAftermath arrest of John Bellingham ⓘ
hasLegalOutcome execution of John Bellingham ⓘ
hasMemorial monument in Lincoln’s Inn Fields ⓘ
plaque in the House of Commons ⓘ
hasMotiveAttributedToPerpetrator personal grievance over imprisonment in Russia ⓘ
hasPerpetrator John Bellingham ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext British economic difficulties in early 1810s ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
trade disputes with Russia ⓘ
hasVictim Spencer Perceval ⓘ
location House of Commons ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Palace of Westminster ⓘ
method shooting ⓘ
partOf history of the British Parliament ⓘ
history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
penalty death ⓘ
placeOfExecution Newgate Prison ⓘ
positionHeld Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy premiership of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
significance only successful assassination of a UK prime minister ⓘ
targetedOfficeHolder Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
reign of George III ⓘ
wasArrestedFor assassination of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
wasTriedFor assassination of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
weaponUsed pistol ⓘ
year 1812 ⓘ

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John Bellingham → notableFor → assassination of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
Mary Bellingham → hasConnectionTo → assassination of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
Perceval ministry → significantEvent → Assassination of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
linked to: assassination of Spencer Perceval