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 Live
Immediate aftermath of Perceval's assassination, 11 May 1812 (a 1909 representation)
Detail of a posthumous portrait of Spencer Perceval
A contemporary engraving of John Bellingham
William Cobbett, who denounced the government from his prison cell
Napoleonic Wars
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The Napoleonic Wars were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire
Assassination of Spencer Perceval
…ministers such as George Canning and William Huskisson. It faced massive problems at a time of considerable industrial unrest and at a low point in the war against Napoleon. The unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign in the Netherlands was unravelling, and the army of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, was pinned…
Left to right, top to bottom: Battles of Austerlitz, Berlin, Friedland, Aspern-Essling, Moscow, Leipzig and Paris
French victory over the Prussians at the Battle of Valmy in 1792
The Battle of Rivoli by Philippoteaux. Bonaparte defeating the Austrians at the Battle of Rivoli in 1797
The Battle of Zurich by François Bouchot. French victory over the Austrians and Russians at the Second Battle of Zürich