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The Amritsar Massacre – 1919
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Badung Puputan – 1906
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Massacre of Wounded Knee – 1890
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Peterloo – 1819
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The Boyd Massacre – 1809
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Jamestown Massacre – 1622
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre – 1572
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