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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.

1355 - St. Scholastica Riot , ( Oxford , England )

1517 - Evil May Day , ( London , England )

1648 - Salt Riot , ( Moscow , Russia )

1662 - Copper Riot , ( Moscow , Russia )

1672 - Dutch Riot , ( Hague , Netherlands )

1713 - Boston Bread Riot , ( Boston, Massachusetts , USA )

1714 - Beer tax riots, ( Alkmaar , Netherlands )

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 )

1770 - French Food Riots ( Rheims , France )

1770 - Boston Anti-Loyalist Riot ( Boston, Massachusetts , USA )

1771 - Plague Riot ( Moscow , Russia )

1772 - Pine Tree Riot ( Weare, New Hampshire , USA )

1772 - 1773 - English Food Riots , ( England )

1773 - English Weavers Riots ( England )

1775 - Anti-Loyalist Riot , ( East Haddam , Connecticut , USA )

1775 - Philidelphia Anti-Loyalist Riot , ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA )

1775 - French Corn Riots , ( Beaumont-Sur-Oise , France )

1778 - French Bread Riots ( Grenoble / Toulouse , France )

1779 - English Spinners Riot , ( Chorley , England )

1780 - Gordon Riots , ( London , England )

1784 - French Bread Riot , ( Bayeux , France )

1785 - French Bread Riot , ( Rennes , France )

1787 - Pre-French Revolution Food Riot , ( Paris , France )

1788 - Doctors Mob Riot (Anti-Dissection Riot) , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1788 - French Spinners Riot , ( Falaise , France )

1789 - Reveillon Riot , ( Paris , France )

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 )

1807 - Baltimore Doctors' Riots , ( Baltimore, Maryland , USA )

1811 - 1812 - English Luddite Riots , ( Leicester / York , England )

--- 1814 - English Luddite Riots Of 1814 , ( Leicester / York , England )

--- 1816 - English Luddite Riots Of 1816 , ( Leicester / York , England )

1825 - Boston Brothel Riots , ( Boston, Massachusetts , USA )

1825 - Portland Brothel Riots , ( Portland, Maine , USA )

1829 - Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots , ( Boston, Massachusetts , USA )

1829 - Pennsylvania Brothel Riot , ( Lenox, Pennsylvania , USA )

1830 - Swing Riots , (south and east of England )

1830 - Opera Riot ( Belgium )

1831 - Cholera Riots , ( Sevastopol / St. Petersburg , Russia )

1831 - Bristol Riots

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 - Five Points Riots , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1835 - Baltimore Anti-Bank Riot ( Baltimore, Maryland , USA

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 - Nativist Dissection Riot , ( St. Louis, Missouri , USA

1844 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots , ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA )

1849 - Stony Monday Riot , ( Bytown, Ontario , Canada )

1849 - Astor Place Riots , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1850 - Brothel Riot , ( Troy, New York , USA )

1850 - Squatters' Riots , ( California , USA )

1851 - Hoboken Anti-German Riot ( Hoboken, New Jersey , USA

1855 - Louisville Anti-German Riots ( Louisville, Kentucky , USA )

1855 - Portland Rum Riot , ( Portland, Maine , USA )

1855 - Lager Beer Riot , ( Chicago, Illinois , USA )

1855 - Know-Nothing Riot Of 1855 , ( Louisville, Kentucky , USA )

1856 - Kansas Slavery Riots , ( Lawrence, Kansas , 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 )

1857 - Baltimore Election Riot Of 1857 , ( Baltimore, Maryland , USA )

1858 - Baltimore Election Riot Of 1858 , ( Baltimore, Maryland , USA )

1859 - Baltimore Election Riot Of 1859 , ( Baltimore, Maryland , USA )

1860 - Lambing Flat Riots , ( New South Wales , Australia )

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 )

1870 - Paris Riots Of 1870 , ( Paris , France )

1870 - New York City Orange Riot , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1871 - Second New York City Orange Riot , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1871 - Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot , ( Los Angeles, California , USA )

1873 - Colfax Riot , ( Colfax, Louisiana , USA )

1874 - Tompkins Square Riot , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1874 - Vicksburg Race Riot , ( Vicksburg, Mississippi , USA )

1877 - Philadelphia Railroad Strike , ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA )

1879 - Sydney Riot Of 1879 , ( Sydney , Australia )

1881 - Canboulay Riots , ( Trinidad And Tobago )

1884 - Hosay Riots , ( Trinidad And Tobago )

1884 - Cincinnati Vigilante Riot , ( Cincinnati, Ohio , USA )

1885 - Rock Springs Massacre , ( Rock Springs, Wyoming , USA )

1885 - Pierce City Vigilante Riot , ( Pierce City, Idaho , USA )

1886 - Haymarket Riot , ( Chicago, Illinois , USA )

1887 - Louisianna Sugar Strike , ( Louisianna , USA )

1891 - Anti-Missionary Riots , ( China )

1891 - Valparaiso Anti-American Riot , ( Valparaiso, Chile )

1891 - New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot , ( New Orleans, Louisianna , USA )

1892 - Homestead Steel Riot , ( Homestead, Pennsylvania , USA )

1892 - Coeur D'Alene Miners Strike Of 1892 , ( Coeur D'Alene, Idaho , USA )

1892 - March On Washington , ( Washington, D.C. , USA )

1894 - Pullman Strike participants burn World's Columbian Exposition buildings, ( Chicago, Illinois , USA )

1898 - Wilmington Race Riot , ( Wilmington, North Carolina , USA )

1899 - Coeur D'Alene Miners Strike Of 1899 , ( Coeur D'Alene, Idaho , USA )

1901 - Denver Riots , ( Denver, Colorado , USA )

1901 - New York Race Riots , ( New York City, New York , USA )

1901 - Pierce City Riots , ( Pierce City, Montana , USA )

1902 - French School Riots , ( Brittany / Savoy , France )

1902 - Liverpool Riots , ( Denver, Colorado , USA )

1903 - Russian Anti-Jewish Riots , ( Kishinef , Russia )

1903 - Bloomington Race Riot , ( Bloomington, Indiana , USA )

1903 - Motormen's Riot , ( Richmond, Virginia , USA )

1904 - Brazil Smallpox Riots , ( Brazil )

1905 - French Anti-Clerical Riots , ( France )

1905 - Bloody Sunday Massacre , ( St. Petersburg , Russia )

1906 - Atlanta Riots , ( Atlanta, Georgia , USA )

1907 - Bellingham Riots , ( Bellingham, Washington , USA )

1908 - Springfield Race Riot , ( Springfield, Illinois , USA )

1910 - Tonypandy Riot ( South Wales , UK )

1911 - Champagne Riots , ( France )

1913 - The Rite Of Spring riot, May 29 , 1913 ( Théâtre Des Champs-Élysées , Paris , France )

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 - Luton Riots , Luton U.K

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 )

1924 - Bhagalpur riots of 1924, ( Bhagalpur , India )

1931 - Greek nationalist riots ( Nicosia , Cyprus )

1936 - Battle Of Cable Street , ( London , England )

1936 - Bhagalpur riots of 1936, ( Bhagalpur , India )

1937 - Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage , ( USA )

1943 - Zoot Suit Riots , ( Los Angeles, California , USA )

1943 - Detroit Race Riot , ( Detroit, Michigan , USA )

1946 - Direct Action Day , India

1946 - Euclid Beach Park Riot August 23 , Cleveland, OH

1946 - Nylon Riots

1946 - Bhagalpur riots of 1946, ( Bhagalpur , India )

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 - Maurice Richard#The Richard Riot March 13 , Montreal , Quebec , Canada

1955 - Hock Lee Bus Riots 12 May , ( Singapore )

1956 - Chinese Middle School Riots 24 October - 28 October , ( Singapore )

1956 - Hong Kong 1956 Riots , ( Hong Kong )

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, Rochester, New York

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

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1965 - Watts Riot , Aug. 1965, ( Los Angeles, California , USA )

1966 - Hough Riots , July 1966, Cleveland, OH

1966 - Hunter's Point Riot , ( San Francisco, California , USA )

1967 - Bhagalpur riots of 1967, ( Bhagalpur , India )

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 , July 1967, ( 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 - Glenville Shootout , Cleveland, OH

1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, Aug. 1968, ( Chicago, Illinois , USA )

1968 - Rodney Riots , ( Kingston, Jamaica )

1969 - Sir George Williams Computer Riot , ( Montreal , Canada )

1969 - Stonewall Riots , June 1969, ( New York City, New York , USA )

1969 - York Race Riot , July 1969, ( York, Pennsylvania , USA )

1969 - May 13th Race Riots , ( Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia )

1969 - Days Of Rage , Oct. 1969, ( Chicago, Illinois , USA )

1969 - Murray-Hill Riot , ( Montréal , Québec , Canada )

1970 - Harakat Tahrir riots, El-Aaiun

1970 - Kent State Riots/Shootings , May 1970, ( Kent, Ohio , USA )

1970 - Hard Hat Riot , Wall Street, May 8, 1970, ( New York City, New York , USA )

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 , USA )

1971 - Kingston Penitentiary riots, ( Kingston, Ontario )

1973 and 1974 - Athens Polytechnic Uprising , Greek student riots and revolution at National Technical University Of Athens , military Junta overthrown, ( Greece )

1975 - Livernois-Fenkell Riot ( Detroit, Michigan , USA )

1976 - Notting Hill Carnival Riot ( London, England )

1977 - New York City Blackout Riot , July 1977, ( New York City, New York , USA )

1979 - Disco Demolition Night , ( Chicago , Illinois , USA )

1979 - White Night Gay Riots , May 1979 ( San Francisco, California )

1979 - Greensboro Riot/Shootings , Nov. 1979, ( Greensboro, North Carolina , USA )

1980 - New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot , ( Santa Fe, New Mexico , USA )

1980 - Chattanooga Riot Of 1980 , ( Chattanooga, Tennessee , USA )

1980 - Miami Riot 1980 , May 1980, ( Miami, Florida , USA )

1980 - St Pauls Riot 1980 , April 1980, ( St Pauls, Bristol , England )

1981 - 1981 Springbok Tour protests and riots, ( New Zealand )

1981 - Brixton Riot Of 1981 , ( London , England )

1981 - Toxteth Riots ( Liverpool , England )

1981 - First Handsworth Riot , ( Birmingham , England )

1982 - Washington Anti-Klan Protest 1982 , Nov. 1982, ( Washington, D.C. , USA )

1982 - Miami Riot 1982 , Overtown Riot, Dec. 1982, ( Miami, Florida , USA )

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 - Tompkins Square Park riot, August 1988 ( East Village , Manhattan , New York City )

1988 - 1989 - Nanjing Anti-African Protests , ( Nanjing , China )

1989 - Bhagalpur riots of 1989, ( Bhagalpur , India )

1989 - Miami Riot 1989 , Jan. 1989, ( Miami, Florida , USA )

1989 - Tampa Riot 1989 , Feb. 1989, ( Tampa, Florida , USA )

1989 - Caracas Riots Of February 1989 , Feb. 1989, ( Caracas , Venezuela )

1989 - Aftermath Of Tiananmen Square Protests Of 1989 , ( Beijing China )

1989 - Romanian Revolution Of 1989 , ( Romania )

1990 - Poll Tax Riots , ( London )

1990 - Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade Riot , ( Zagreb , Yugoslavia )

1991 - 1991 Washington, DC Riot in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, 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, April-May ( Los Angeles, California , USA )

1992 - Bombay Riots - Riots in the Indian City of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) after the demolition of Babri Masjid , Ayodhya .

1994 - Stanley Cup Riot , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 13, 1994.

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 - Khaitan Riot , ( Kuwait )

1999 - Michigan State University Student Riot , April 1999, ( East Lansing, Michigan , USA )

1999 - Woodstock 1999 Concert Rioting , July 1999, near Rome, New York

1999 - WTO Ministerial Conference Of 1999 , November, 1999 ( Seattle, Washington , USA )

2000 - Cochabamba Protests Of 2000 , ( Cochabamba, Bolivia )

2000 - October Riots , ( Israel )

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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 - Oldham Riots , May 2001, ( Oldham , Greater Manchester , England )

2001 - December 2001 Riots , ( Buenos Aires , Argentina )

2001 - Seattle Mardi Gras Riots , Feb. 2001, ( Seattle, WA , USA )

2001 - Quebec City Summit Of The Americas , April 2001( Quebec , Canada )

2002 - Gujarat Communal Riots , Feb 2002 ( Gujarat , India)

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2003 - Benton Harbor, Mich. Riot , June 2003, ( Benton Harbor, Michigan , USA )

2003 - Maldives Civil Unrest , September 2003, ( Malé , Maldives )

2004 - 2004 Kosovo Riots

2004 - Palm Island Riot , ( Palm Island, Queensland , Australia )

2004 - Redfern Riots , ( Sydney, Australia )

, Brazil )

2005 - Belize Unrest , January 2005, ( Belmopan , Belize )

2005 - Macquarie Fields Riots , February 2005, southeastern suburb of Sydney , Australia

2005 - Anti-Japanese Riots , April 2005, Beijing , Shenzhen and Guangzhou , China

, China )

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 French Urban Violence , October-November 2005, outer banlieues of major French cities, and copy-cat disturbances in some other Western European countries, like Belgium and Germany

, UttarPradesh ), India

2005 - Mar Del Plata Summit Of The Americas , November 2005, ( Mar Del Plata , Argentina )

2005 - 2005 Sydney Race Riots , December 2005, ( Sydney , Australia )

2006 - Cartoon Riots

2006 - 2006 Dublin Riots , Feb. 25, Dublin, Ireland

2006 - San Bernardino Punk Riot , March 4, San Bernardino, California

2006 - 2006 Labor Protests In France , March-April, Paris, France

2006 - Burj Dubai Riot , ( Dubai , UAE )

2006 - Hindu/Muslim Aligarh Riots , April 2006, ( Aligarh , India )

2006 - Rajkumar death riots, April, ( India )

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List Of Battles

List Of Massacres

List Of Strikes

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Mass Racial Violence In The United States