Event Newport Rising

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Was the last large-scale armed rising in Wales, by Chartists whose demands included democracy and the right to vote with a secret ballot.

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  • November 1839: The last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in Great Britain, when, on Monday 4 November 1839, nearly 10,000 Chartist sympathisers, led by John Frost, marched on the town of Newport, Monmouthshire.