Frank Vickerman was a man in the early 1800's who lived in West Yorkshire. He owned a wool processing factory at Taylor Hill, which was attacked by the Luddites on March 15, 1812. The factory was destroyed and arson was attempted. Frank Vickerman was targeted by this anti-technological growth organization partly because the machines in his factory were taking the jobs of actual people, but also, Frank Vickerman had been previously involved in an Anti-Luddite committee. Events and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815). ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Luddites were a group of English workers in the early 1800s who protested – often by destroying machines – against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution that they felt threatened their jobs. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting... A factory worker in 1940s Fort Worth, Texas. ... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ...