July 27, 1890
On 27 July 1890, Harutiun Djangulian, Mihran Damadian and Hambartsum Boyajian interrupted the saying of mass to read a manifesto and denounce the indifference of the Armenian patriarch and Armenian National Assembly.
They soon forced the patriarch to join the procession heading to the Yildiz Palace to demand implementation of Article 61 of the 1878 Treaty of Berlin. Even as the procession was gathering, police surrounded the crowd, and shots were fired that resulted in the deaths of several, including a policeman. Many more were wounded.
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