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List of riots
This is a chronological list of historical riots:
- 532 - Nika riots, (Constantinople)
- 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.
- 1736 - Porteous Riots, (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- 1780 - Gordon riots, (London, England)
- 1788 - Doctors Mob Riot , (New York City, New York, USA)
- 1791 - Priestley Riots, (Birmingham, England)
- 1830 - Swing Riots, (south and east of England)
- 1832 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot , (New York City, New York, USA)
- 1834 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot , (New York City, New York, USA)
- 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 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- 1849 - Astor Place Riots , (New York City, New York, USA)
- 1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, 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)
- 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)
- 1898 - Wilmington Race Riot , (Wilmington, North Carolina, USA)
- 1906 - Atlanta Riots , (Atlanta, Georgia, 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)
- 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 - D.C. Race Riot , (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)
- 1949 - Peekskill Riot (Peekskill, New York, USA)
- 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)
- 1967 - 12th Street Riot (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
- 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot , (San Francisco, California, USA)
- 1967 - Newark Riots , (Newark, New Jersey, USA)
- 1968 - 1968 Washington, DC riots, (Washington, D.C., USA)
- 1968 - May 1968 popular uprising (France)
- 1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- 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 - 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)
- 1979 - White Night gay riots, (San Francisco, California)
- 1980 - New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot, (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- 1981 - 1981 Springbok Tour protests and riots, (New Zealand)
- 1981 - Brixton riot of 1981, (London, England)
- 1981 - First Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
- 1985 - Broadwater Farm Riot, (London, England)
- 1985 - Brixton riot of 1985, (London, England)
- 1985 - Second Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
- 1987 - Iranian pilgrim riot, (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
- 1988-1989 - Nanjing Anti-African protests, (Nanjing, China)
- 1989 - Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, (Beijing China)
- 1989 - Romanian Revolution of 1989, (Romania)
- 1992 - L.A. riot/Rodney King riot, (Los Angeles, California)
- 1995 - Brixton riot of 1995, (London, England)
- 1998 - Jakarta Riots of May 1998, (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- 1999 - WTO Meeting of 1999, (Seattle, Washington) partially a police riot, with no general destruction; just some directed destruction at chain restaurants.
- 2000 - Cochabamba protests of 2000, (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
- Long Hot Summer
- Hosay Riots
- Water Riots
See also
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