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List of Riots
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18th century and earlier

* 121 BC - Roman Election Riot of 121 BC
* 113 BC - Roman Election Riot of 113 BC
* 532 - Nika riots, (Constantinople) The deadliest riots in world history, with an estimated 30,000 killed in the Hippodome.
* 1182 - Venetians and other "Latins" are massacred during a riot in Constantinople
* 1229 - University of Paris strike of 1229 Student riot leads to closing of university for 2 years.
* 1648 - Salt Riot, (Moscow, Russia)
* 1662 - Copper Riot, (Moscow, Russia)
* 1672 - Dutch Riot, (Hague, Netherlands)
* 1713 - Boston Bread Riot, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
* 1715 - English Political Riot, (London, England)
* 1720 - French Financial Riot, (Paris, France)
* 1721 - English Servants Riot, (London, England)
* 1725 - French Food Riots of 1725, (Caen, Normandy/Paris, France)
* 1727 - English Anti-Turnpike Riot, (Bristol, England)
* 1733 - London Anti-Tax Riot, (London, England)
* 1734 - Mast Tree Riot, (Exeter, New Hampshire, USA)
* 1735 - English Anti-Turnpike Riots, (Hereford/Worcester, England)
* 1736 - Anti-Irish Riots, (Shoreditch/Spitalfields/Whitechapel, England)
* 1736 - Porteous Riots, (Edinburgh, Scotland)
* 1737 - Boston Brothal Riot, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
* 1738 - Wiltshire Weavers Riot, (Wiltshire, England)
* 1739 - French Food Riots of 1739, (Bordeaux/Bayeux/Caen/Angouleme/Lille, France)
* 1740 - French Bread Riot, (Paris, France)
* 1742 - Philadelphia Election Riot, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
* 1743 - Parisian Draft Riots, (Paris, France)
* 1746 - New Jersey Tennant Riots, (New Jersey, USA)
* 1746 - Anti-Catholic Riots, (Sunderland/Liverpool, England)
* 1747 - French Food Riots of 1747, (Toulouse/Guyenne, France)
* 1747 - Boston Anti-Impressment Riot, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
* 1750 - French Child Vagrancy Riot, (Paris, France)
* 1752 - French Food Riots of 1752, (Rouen/Paris, France)
* 1752 - French Draft Riot, (Vincennes, France)
* 1753 - English Anti-Turnpike Riots, (Leeds/Wakefield/Beeston, England)
* 1756 - Knowles Riot, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
* 1757 - English Anti-Militia Riots, (East Anglia/Lincoln/Northampton/Yorkshire East Riding, England)
* 1761 - Northumberland Miners Riot, (Yorkshire, England)
* 1763 - Anti-Irish Riots, (Covent Garden, England)
* 1763 - Weavers Riots, (England)
* 1764 - Paxton Riots, (Paxton, Pennsylvania, USA)
* 1770 - Boston Massacre (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
* 1771 - Plague Riot (Moscow, Russia)
* 1772 - Pine Tree Riot (Weare, New Hampshire, USA)
* 1780 - Gordon riots, (London, England)
* 1788 - Doctors Mob Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1790 - French Labor Riot, (Louviers, France)
* 1791 - Brussels Church and King, (Brussels, Belgium)
* 1791 - Priestley Riots, (Birmingham, England)
* 1792 - French Sugar Riots, (Paris, France)
* 1792 - February Beause Food Riots, (Beause, France)
* 1792 - November Beause Food Riots, (Beause, France)
* 1793 - Viennese Church and King Riots, (Vienna, Austria)
* 1793 - New York City Brothel Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1793 - Paris Food Riots, (Paris, France)
* 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion, (Western Pennsylvania, United States)
* 1794 - English Anti-Recruitment Riots, (England)
* 1795 - English Food Riots, (England)
* 1795 - 12th Germinal Riot, (Paris, France)
* 1799 - Naples Church and King Riots, (Naples, Italy)



19th century

* 1830 - Swing Riots, (south and east of England)
* 1831 - Cholera Riots, (Sevastopol/St. Petersburg, Russia)
* 1832 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1834 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1834 - Potato Riots, (Russia)
* 1835 - Baltimore Bank Riot
* 1835 - Gentleman's Riot, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
* 1837 - Flour Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1841 - Whig Party Riot, (Washington, D.C., USA)
* 1844 - Beer riots in Bavaria, (Bavaria, Germany)
* 1844 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
* 1849 - Astor Place Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
* 1855 - Know-Nothing Riot of 1855, (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
* 1856 - Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
* 1857 - Know-Nothing Riot, (Washington D.C., USA)
* 1857 - New York Police Riots of 1857, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1861 - Baltimore Riot of 1861, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
* 1863 - New York Draft Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1866 - Memphis Race Riot, (Memphis, Tennessee), USA
* 1866 - New Orleans Riot, (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
* 1868 - Pulaski Riot, (Pulaski, Tennessee, USA)
* 1873 - Colfax Riot, (Colfax, Louisiana, USA)
* 1879 - Sydney Riot of 1879, (Sydney, Australia)
* 1881 - Canboulay Riots, (Trinidad and Tobago)
* 1884 - Cincinnati Vigilante Riot, (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
* 1886 - Haymarket Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
* 1894 - Pullman Strike participants burn World Columbian Exposition buildings, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
* 1898 - Wilmington Race Riot, (Wilmington, North Carolina, USA)



20th century

* 1906 - Atlanta Riots, (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
* 1907 - Bellingham riots, (Bellingham, Washington, USA)
* 1908 - Springfield Race Riot, (Springfield, Illinois, USA)
* 1917 - East St. Louis Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois, USA)
* 1917 - Conscription Crisis of 1917, (Quebec, Canada)
* 1918 - Rice Riots, (Japan)
* 1919 - May Day Riots, (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
* 1919 - Red Summer, (USA)
* 1919 - Chicago Race Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
* 1919 - Elaine Race Riot, (Elaine, Arkansas, USA)
* 1919 - Longview Race Riot, (Longview, Texas, USA)
* 1919 - Washington, DC Riot 1919, (Washington, D.C., USA)
* 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
* 1937 - Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage, (USA)
* 1943 - Zoot Suit Riots, (Los Angeles, California, USA)
* 1943 - Detroit Race Riot, (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
* 1946 - Nylon Riots
* 1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947, (Jerusalem)
* 1948 - Accra Riots, (Ghana)
* 1949 - Peekskill Riot (Peekskill, New York, USA)
* 1950 - Maria Hertogh riots 11 December-13 December, Singapore
* 1955 - Hock Lee bus riots 12 May, Singapore
* 1956 - Chinese Middle School riots 24 October-28 October, Singapore
* 1959 - Tibetan riots against Chinese government, (Tibet, China)
* 1964 - New York City 1964 race riot July 18-23
* 1964 - Rochester 1964 race riot July 24-25
* 1964 - Jersey City 1964 race riot August 2-4
* 1964 - Paterson 1964 race riot August 11-13
* 1964 - Elizabeth 1964 race riot August 11-13
* 1964 - Chicago (Dixmoor) 1964 race riot August 16-17
* 1964 - Philadelphia 1964 race riot August 28-30
* reference for these 1964 events: [1]
* 1965 - Watts Riot, (Los Angeles, California, USA)
* 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot, (San Francisco, California, USA)
* 1967 - 1967 Newark riots, July 1967, (Newark, New Jersey, USA)
* 1967 - 1967 Plainfield riots, July 1967, (Plainfield, New Jersey, USA)
* 1967 - Cambridge, MD Riot 1967, July 1967, (Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
* 1967 - 12th Street Riot (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
* 1967 - Hong Kong 1967 riots, (Hong Kong )
* 1968 - 1968 Washington, DC riots, April 1968, (Washington, D.C., USA)
* 1968 - Baltimore Riot 1968, April 1968, (Baltimore, MD, USA)
* 1968 - May 1968 popular uprising (France)
* 1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
* 1968 - Rodney Riots, (Kingston, Jamaica)
* 1969 - Stonewall Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1969 - York Race Riot, (York, Pennsylvania, USA)
* 1969 - May 13th race riots, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
* 1971 - May Day Protests 1971, May 1971, (Washington, D.C., USA)
* 1971 - Camden Riots, August 1971, (Camden, New Jersey, USA)
* 1971 - Attica Prison uprising, (Attica, New York)
* 1973 and 1974 - Greek student riots and revolution at Polytechnio, military junta overthrown, (Greece)
* 1975 - Livernois-Fenkell riot (Detroit, Michigan)
* 1977 - New York City Blackout Riot, July 1977 (New York City, New York, USA)
* 1979 - White Night gay riots, (San Francisco, California)
* 1980 - New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot, (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
* 1980 - Chattanooga Riot of 1980, (Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)
* 1980 - Miami Riot 1980, May 1980, (Miami, Florida, USA)
* 1981 - 1981 Springbok Tour protests and riots, (New Zealand)
* 1981 - Brixton riot of 1981, (London, England)
* 1981 - First Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
* 1984 - Anti-Sikh riots, Delhi, Kanpur, India
* 1985 - Broadwater Farm Riot, (London, England)
* 1985 - Brixton riot of 1985, (London, England)
* 1985 - Second Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
* 1987 - Tampa Riot 1987, Feb. 1987, (Tampa, Florida, USA)
* 1987 - Iranian pilgrim riot, (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
* 1988-1989 - Nanjing Anti-African protests, (Nanjing, China)
* 1989 - Miami Riot 1989, Jan. 1989, (Miami, Florida, USA)
* 1989 - Tampa Riot 1989, Feb. 1989, (Tampa, Florida, USA)
* 1989 - Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, (Beijing China)
* 1989 - Romanian Revolution of 1989, (Romania)
* 1991 - 1991 Washington, DC riot, Mt. Pleasant riot, May 1991, (Washington, D.C., USA)
* 1991 - 1991 Moscow August Putsch , GKChP (ГКЧП) riot, or August Coup Attempt, or August Putsch, 19-21 August 1991, (Moscow, Russia)
* 1991 - Crown Heights Riot, Aug. 1991, (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
* 1992 - L.A. riot/Rodney King riot, (Los Angeles, California)
* 1992 - Bombay Riots - Riots in the Indian City of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) after the demolition of Babri Masjid, Ayodhya.
* 1995 - Brixton riot of 1995, (London, England)
* 1996 - St. Petersburg, FL Riot 1996, Oct. 1996, (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA)
* 1998 - Jakarta Riots of May 1998, (Jakarta, Indonesia)
* 1999 - WTO Meeting of 1999, (Seattle, Washington)

* 1999 - Michigan State University student riot, April 1999, (East Lansing, Michigan)
* 2000 - Cochabamba protests of 2000, (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
* 2000 - October Riots, (Israel)

21st century

* 2001 - Quebec City Summit of the Americas, April 2001, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
* 2001 - Bradford Muslim/BNP riot, July 2001,(Bradford ), West Yorkshire, UK]
* 2001 - Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, July 2001, (Genoa, Italy)
* 2001 - Gothenburg Riots, June 2001, (Gothenburg, Sweden)
* 2001 - 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 2001, (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
* 2001 - Banja Luka Riots, May 2001, (Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* 2001 - December 2001 Riots, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
* 2001 - Seattle Mardi Gras Riots, Feb. 2001, (Seattle, WA, USA)
* 2002 - Gujarat Communal Riots, Feb 2002 (Gujarat, India)
* 2003 - Benton Harbor, Mich. Riot, June 2003, (Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA)
* 2003 - Maldives civil unrest, September 2003, (Malé, Maldives)
* 2004 - 2004 Kosovo riots
* 2004 - Redfern riots, (Sydney, Australia)
* 2005 - Belize unrest, January 2005, (Belmopan, Belize)
* 2005 - Maldives civil unrest, August 2005, (Malé, Maldives)
* 2005 - 2005 Toledo Riot, October 2005, (Toledo, Ohio, USA)
* 2005 - 2005 Birmingham riots, October 2005, (Birmingham, England)
* 2005 - 2005 Muslim riots in Denmark [2], October-November 2005, (Århus, Denmark)
* 2005 - 2005 Macquarie Fields riots, February 2005, southeastern suburb of Sydney, Australia
* 2005 - 2005 French urban violence, October-November 2005, outer banlieues of major French cities, and copy-cat disturbances in Belgium and Germany
* 2005 - 2005 Summit of the Americas Protests, November 2005, (Mar del Plata, Argentina)