# Bloody Sunday (1972)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1972-bloody-sunday
Categories: main-event

British soldiers shot civil-rights marchers in Derry, killing thirteen people that day and another later from wounds. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 30 January 1972 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The killings intensified the Northern Ireland conflict and profoundly damaged trust in the state.

## Why it matters
The killings intensified the Northern Ireland conflict and profoundly damaged trust in the state.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Bloody Sunday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Bloody+Sunday&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Bloody Sunday](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Bloody+Sunday)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)