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Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
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Spencer Perceval
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1809 to 1812
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Spencer Perceval
1812 murder in London, England
On 11 May 1812, at about 5:15 pm, Spencer Perceval, the prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a Liverpool merchant with a grievance against the government. Bellingham was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John Bellingham
English merchant who assassinated Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812
John Bellingham was an English merchant and perpetrator of the 1812 murder of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 11
Day of the year
May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 234 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)