Bloody Monday
| Bloody Monday | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Louisville Bloody Monday Election Riots of 1855 | |||
| Date | August 6, 1855 | ||
| Location | Louisville, Kentucky, United States | ||
| Caused by | Anti-Catholicism, Anti-immigrant rhetoric | ||
| Methods | Arson, marauding, pogrom, rioting | ||
| Parties | |||
| Casualties | |||
| Death | 22+ | ||
| Arrested | 5 | ||
| Detained | 5 | ||
| Charged | 5 | ||
Bloody Monday was a series of riots on August 6, 1855, in Louisville, Kentucky, an election day, when Protestant mobs attacked Irish and German Catholic neighborhoods. These riots grew out of the bitter rivalry between the Democrats and the Nativist Know-Nothing Party. Multiple street fights raged, leaving twenty-two people dead, scores injured, and much property destroyed by fire. Five people were later indicted, but none were convicted, and the victims were not compensated.