Balloon Raid

Balloon Raid
Part of British Women's Suffrage Movement
Photograph of the Balloon Over London (1909)
Date16 February 1909
Location
Also known as
  • Balloon Incident
  • Airship Flight
  • Balloon Raid on Parliament
Target
Organised byWomen's Freedom League
Participants
WebsiteMuriel Matters Society

The Balloon Raid was a non-violent British Women's Suffrage Movement protest event that took place over the skies of London on Tuesday 16 February 1909, during King Edward VII's royal procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster for the official State Opening of Parliament.