St. Scholastica's Day Riot: 63 Scholars Killed in Oxford Street Fight
A tavern brawl between Oxford scholars and a local innkeeper erupted into two days of pitched street fighting that left sixty-three students and about thirty townspeople dead. The St. Scholastica's Day riot was the bloodiest town-gown clash in English history and exposed deep resentments over university privileges and tax exemptions. King Edward III punished the town by granting Oxford sweeping new judicial powers over local residents that lasted for centuries.
February 10, 1355
671 years ago
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