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17TH CENTURY AND EARLIER

121 BC - Roman Election Riot Of 121 BC ( Rome , Roman Empire )

113 BC - Roman Election Riot Of 113 BC ( Rome , Roman Empire )

390 - Hippodrome Revolt ( Thessaloniki , Byzantine Empire ). 7,000 - 15,000 of the citizens were massacred in the city's hippodrome.

532 - Nika Riots , ( Constantinople , Byzantine Empire ). Deadliest riots in world history, with an estimated 30,000 killed in the Hippodrome .

1182 - ( Constantinople , Byzantine Empire ). Venetians and other "Latins" massacred during a riot.

1229 - University Of Paris Strike Of 1229 , ( Paris , France ). Student riot leads to closing of university for 2 years.

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

1517 - Evil May Day , ( London , England )

1607 - Midlands Uprising , ( Northamptonshire / Warwickshire / Leicestershire , England )

1648 - Salt Riot , ( Moscow , Russia )

1662 - Copper Riot , ( Moscow , Russia )

1672 - Dutch Riot , ( Hague , Netherlands )

18TH CENTURY

1713 - Boston Bread Riot , ( Boston, Massachusetts , Thirteen Colonies )

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 , Thirteen Colonies )

1735 - English Anti-Turnpike Riots , ( Hereford / Worcester , England )

1736 - Anti-Irish Riots , ( Shoreditch / Spitalfields / Whitechapel , England )

1736 - Porteous Riots , ( Edinburgh , Scotland )

1737 - Boston Brothel Riot , ( Boston, Massachusetts , Thirteen Colonies )

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 , Thirteen Colonies )

1743 - Parisian Draft Riots , ( Paris , France )

1746 - New Jersey Tennant Riots , ( New Jersey , Thirteen Colonies )

1746 - Anti-Catholic Riots , ( Sunderland / Liverpool , England )

1747 - French Food Riots Of 1747 , ( Toulouse / Guyenne , France )

1747 - Boston Anti-Impressment Riot , ( Boston, Massachusetts , Thirteen Colonies )

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 , Thirteen Colonies )

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 , Thirteen Colonies )

1766 - Esquilache Riots ( Madrid , Spain )

1769 - Spitalfield Riots ( Spitalfields , London )

1770 - Boston Massacre ( Boston, Massachusetts , Thirteen Colonies )

1770 - French Food Riots ( Rheims , France )

1770 - Boston Anti-Loyalist Riot ( Boston, Massachusetts , Thirteen Colonies )

1771 - Plague Riot ( Moscow , Russia )

1772 - Pine Tree Riot ( Weare, New Hampshire , Thirteen Colonies )

1772-1773 - English Food Riots , ( England )

1773 - English Weavers Riots ( England )

1773 - Boston Tea Party , Boston, Massachusetts , Thirteen Colonies . ''Involved destruction of property.''

1775 - Anti-Loyalist Riot , ( East Haddam , Connecticut , Thirteen Colonies )

1775 - Philadelphia Anti-Loyalist Riot , ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Thirteen Colonies )

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 )

1796 - English riots against the Militia Laws ( Lincolnshire, England )

1799 - Naples Church And King Riots , ( Naples , Kingdom Of Naples / Parthenopaean Republic , currently part of Italy )

19TH CENTURY

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 ( Bristol, England )

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 , independent at the time, later part of 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

1854 - Butman Riot ( Worcester, Massachusetts , USA

1855 - Bloody Monday ( Louisville, Kentucky , USA )

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

1855 - Lager Beer Riot , ( Chicago , Illinois , 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 , now in Australia )

1861 - Baltimore Riot Of 1861 , ( Baltimore, Maryland , USA )

1863 - Richmond Bread Riot , ( Richmond, Virginia , 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 - Election Riot Of 1874 , ( Barbour County, Alabama , USA )

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

1874 - Battle Of Liberty Place , { New Orleans, Louisiana }, USA }

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

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

1879 - Sydney Riot Of 1879 , ( Sydney , New South Wales , now in Australia )

1881 - Canboulay Riots , ( Trinidad , later part of Trinidad And Tobago )

1884 - Hosay Riots , ( Trinidad , later part of 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 )

1886 - Belfast Home Rule Riots , Belfast , Ireland )

1887 - Louisiana Sugar Strike , ( Louisiana , USA )

1891 - Anti-Missionary Riots , ( China )

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

1891 - New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot , ( New Orleans, Louisiana , 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 riots, ( Chicago , Illinois , USA )

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

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

1900 - Robert Charles Riots , ( New Orleans, Louisiana , USA )

20TH CENTURY

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 - Kishinev Pogrom , ( Kishinev , Russia , now in Moldova )

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

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

1904 - Vaccine Revolt , ( Rio De Janeiro , Brazil )

1905 - French Anti-Clerical Riots , ( France )

1905 - Broome Riots , ( Australia )

1905 - Bloody Sunday (1905) , ( 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 )

1916 - Washington Anti-Wobblies Riot , ( Everett, Washington , USA )

1917 - St. Louis Strikebreakers Riot , ( St. Louis, Missouri , USA )

1917 - East St. Louis Riot , ( St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois , USA )

1917 - Springfield Vigilante Riot , ( Springfield, Missouri , USA )

1917 - Conscription Crisis Of 1917 , ( Quebec , Canada )

1917 - Houston Riot (1917) , Houston, Texas , USA

1918 - Rice Riots , ( Japan )

1919 - May Day Riots , ( Cleveland, Ohio , USA )

1919 - Red Summer , ( USA )

1919 - Chicago Race Riot , ( Chicago , Illinois , USA )

1919 - Luton Peace Day Riots , Luton U.K.

1919 - Boston Police Strike , ( Boston, Massachusetts , USA )

1919 - Pennsylvania Steel Strike , ( Pennsylvania , USA )

1919 - Elaine Race Riot , ( Elaine, Arkansas , USA )

1919 - Longview Race Riot , ( Longview, Texas , USA )

1919 - Washington, DC Riot Of 1919 , ( Washington, D.C. , USA )

1919 - Bloody Saturday , ( Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada )

1921 - Tulsa Race Riot , ( Tulsa, Oklahoma , USA )

1922 - Herrin Mine Massacre , ( Herrin, Illinois , USA )

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

1929 - North Carolina Textile Strike , ( North Carolina , USA )

1929 - Auburn Prison Riot s, ( Auburn, New York , USA )

1930 - Sherman Race Riot , ( Sherman, Texas , USA )

1931 - Joliet Prison Riot , ( Joliet, Illinois , USA )

1931 - Chicago Eviction Riot , ( Chicago , Illinois , USA )

1931 - Hawaii Riot , ( Hawaii , USA )

1931 - Greek nationalist riots ( Nicosia , Cyprus )

1932 - Dearborn Massacre , ( Dearborn, Michigan , USA )

1932 - Bonus Army Riot , ( Washington, D.C. , USA )

1933 - Arab Riot , ( Palestine , British Mandate , later Israel )

1933 - Christie Pits Race Riots ( Toronto , Canada )

1934 - U.S. Nazi Riot ( New York City, New York , USA )

1935 - Souther Tennant Farmers' Union Riot , ( Arkansas , USA )

1935 - Harlem Race Riot ( New York City, New York , USA )

1935 - Regina Riot ( Regina, Saskatchewan , Canada )

1935 - Battle Of Ballantyne Pier ( Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada )

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

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

1937 - Memorial Day Massacre ( Chicago , Illinois , USA )

1938 - Bloody Sunday (1938) ( Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada )

1942 - Battle Of Brisbane ( Brisbane , Australia )

1942 - Battle Of Manners Street , ( Wellington , New Zealand )

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

1943 - Detroit Race Riot (1943) , ( 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 , Palestine , British Mandate )

1948 - Accra Riots , ( Gold Coast , now renamed Ghana )

1948 - The Bogotazo , ( Colombia )

1949 - Peekskill Riot ( Peekskill, New York , USA )

1949 - Icelandic NATO Riot of the 30th of March (Austurvöllur, Reykjavík , Iceland )

1950 - Maria Hertogh Riots 11 December - 13 December , Singapore

1955 - The Richard Riot March 17 , 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 )

1958 - Notting Hill Race Riots , ( Notting Hill, London, England )

1959 - Tibetan Riots Against Chinese Government , ( Tibet , China )

1960s

1964 - New York City 1964 Race Riot July 18-23, New York City , New York , USA

1964 - 1964 Race Riots July 21-August 2 and September 3, Singapore

1964 - Rochester 1964 Race Riot July 24-25, ( Rochester, New York , USA )

1964 - Jersey City 1964 Race Riot August 2-4, ( Jersey City, New Jersey , USA )

1964 - Paterson 1964 Race Riot August 11-13, ( Paterson, New Jersey , USA )

1964 - Elizabeth 1964 Race Riot August 11-13 ( Elizabeth, New Jersey , USA )

1964 - Chicago (Dixmoor) 1964 Race Riot August 16-17

1964 - Philadelphia 1964 Race Riot August 28-30

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

1966 - Hong Kong 1966 Riots (aka Kowloon riots), April 1966, Hong Kong

1966 - Fire Hydrant Riots , July 1966, Chicago , Illinois

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 - Orangeburg, SC Riot , ( Orangeburg, South Carolina ), USA )

1968 - 1968 Washington, DC Riots , April 1968, ( Washington, D.C. , USA )

1968 - Baltimore Riot 1968 , (April 1968, Baltimore, MD , USA )

1968 - Chicago Riot Of April 1968 , ( Chicago , Illinois , USA )

1968 - Kansas City Riot Of April 1968 , ( Kansas City, MO , USA )

1968 - May 1968 Popular Uprising ( France )

1968 - Louisville Riots Of 1968 , May 1968 ( Louisville, Kentucky , USA )

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 - Battle Of The Bogside , August 1969 ( Derry , Northern Ireland }

1969 - Northern Ireland Riots Of August 1969

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

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

1970s

1970 - Augusta Georgia Riot , May 1970, ( Augusta, Georgia , USA )

1970 - Asbury Park Riots , July 1970, ( Asbury Park, New Jersey , USA )

1970 - Harakat Tahrir riots, El-Aaiun

1970 - Kent State 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 - 1971 Springbok Tour ( Australia )

1971 - Camden Riots , August 1971, ( Camden, New Jersey , USA )

1971 - Attica Prison Uprising , ( Attica, New York , USA )

1971 - San Quentin Prison Riot , ( San Quentin, California , USA )

1971 - Kingston Penitentiary Riots , ( Kingston, Ontario , Canada )

1971 - Black Muslim Rally And Riot , ( Baton Rouge, Louisiana )

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 )

1976 - Soweto Riots ( Soweto, South Africa )

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 )

1979 - Southall Riots , ( Southall, West London , England )

1980s

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

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

1980 - Liberty City Riots , May 1980, ( Miami, Florida , USA )

1980 - Gwangju Democratization Movement , May 1980, ( South Korea )

1980 - St Paul's Riot Of 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 - Polish Riots , Jun. 14, ( Wrocław / Gdańsk / Nowa Huta / Kraków , Poland )

1982 - Polish Solidarity Riots , Oct. 8, ( Gdańsk , Poland )

1982 - Nigerian Riots , Oct. 26, ( Nigeria )

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

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

1983 - Sing Sing Prison Riot , Jan. 10, ( New York City, New York , USA )

1983 - Indian Hindu-Muslim Riots , Feb. 14, ( India )

1983 - Brazilian Unemployment Riot , Apr. 4-5, ( São Paulo, Brazil )

1983 - Polish Pro-Solidarity Riots , May. 1, ( Poland )

1983 - Sri Lanka Riots , Jul. 24, ( Sri Lanka )

1984 - Anti-Sikh Riots , ( Delhi , Kanpur , India )

1984 - Aggieville Riot , ( Manhattan, Kansas )

1985 - Sudanese Food Riots , Mar. 6, ( Khartoum , Sudan )

1985 - Sri Lanka Riots , Jun. 3, ( Sri Lanka )

1985 - Guadeloupe Riots , Jun. 25, ( Basse-Terre , Guadeloupe )

1985 - Durban Riots , Aug. 8, ( Durban, South Africa )

1985 - Cape Town Riots , Aug. 30, ( Cape Town, South Africa )

1985 - Escalante Riots And Massacre , September 15 , ( Escalante ), ( Negros Occidental )

1985 - Brixton Riot Of 1985 , Sept. 28, ( London , England )

1985 - Second Handsworth Riot , Sept. 11, ( Birmingham , England )

1985 - Broadwater Farm Riot , Oct. 6, ( London , England )

1985 - Johannesburg Riots , Oct. 9, ( Johannesburg, South Africa )

1986 - South African Riots , Feb. 15, ( South Africa )

1986 - Egyptian Conscription Riot , Feb. 25, ( Egypt )

1986 - South Korean Student Riot , May. 10, ( Inchon , South Korea )

1986 - South African Riots , Jun. 9, ( Crossroads , South Africa )

1986 - Spanish Riots , Jun. 21, ( Spain )

1986 - Pakistani Political Riots , Aug. 13, ( Pakistan )

1986 - South African Riots , Aug. 18, ( Soweto, South Africa )

1986 - Battle Of Ryesgade , Oct 14-22 ( Copenhagen, Denmark )

1986 - South Korean Student Riots , Oct. 28, ( Seoul / Pusan , South Korea )

1986 - Pakistani Riots , Oct. 31, ( Karachi / Hyderabad , Pakistan )

1986 - French Student Riots , Nov. 27, ( France )

1986 - Soviet Riots , Dec. 16, ( Kazakhstan , USSR )

1987 - Campus Revolt ( South Africa )

1987 - Tampa Riot 1987 , Feb. 1987, ( Tampa, Florida , USA )

1987 - Pioneer Days Riot , ( Chico, California , USA )

1987 - Iranian Pilgrim Riot , ( Mecca , Saudi Arabia )

1987 - Atlanta Prison Riots , ( Atlanta , USA )

1987 - First Intifada , Israel

1988 - Fremantle Prison Riot

1988 - Tompkins Square Park Police 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 - Dewsbury Riot

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

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

1989 - Tibetan Anti-China Riot , Mar. 5, ( Lhasa, Tibet )

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 )

1989 - Purple Rain Riot ( South Africa )

1990s - 2000

1990 - Poll Tax Riots , ( London )

1990 - Strangeways Riots , ( London ), April 1 - April 25

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

1990 - Hyderabad Riots - Over 300 Hindus killed after a Muslim Gangster was killed in an encounter with police.

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

1991 - 1991 Moscow August Putsch , ''GKChP () 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 .

1993 - Russian Constitutional Crisis Of 1993 riots, Moscow , Russia

1993 - 18 Maj Riot , May. 18, Copenhagen, Denmark

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

1995 - Brixton Riot Of 1995 , ( London , England )

1995 - Manningham Riot , June 1995, ( Bradford , West Yorkshire , UK )

1996 - St. Petersburg, FL Riot 1996 , Oct. 1996, ( St. Petersburg, Florida , USA )

1998 - Jakarta Riots Of May 1998 , ( Jakarta , Indonesia )

1998 - Washington State University Student Riot , May 1998, ( Pullman, Washington , USA )

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 - Iran Student Riots, July 1999 , July 1999, Iran

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

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

2000 - October Riots , ( Israel )

2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada , Israel

2000 - Chinese anti-corruption riot, {Link without Title} ( Yangjiazhangzi , China )

2000 - Spanish anti-, Spain )

21ST CENTURY

2001 - Seattle Mardi Gras Riots , February 2001, ( Seattle, WA , USA )

2001 - 2001 Cincinnati Riots , April 2001, ( Cincinnati, Ohio , USA )

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

2001 - Banja Luka Riots , May 2001, ( Banja Luka , Bosnia And Herzegovina )

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

2001 - Gothenburg Riots , June 2001, ( Gothenburg , Sweden )

2001 - Bradford Riot , July 2001, ( Bradford , West Yorkshire , England )

2001 - Genoa Group Of Eight Summit Protest , July 2001, ( Genoa , Italy )

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

2002 - San Salvador Atenco Airport Riot, ( San Salvador Atenco , Mexico )

2002 - Post-Godhra Riots, Feb 2002 ( Gujarat , India)

2002 - 2002 Urso Branco prison riot, {Link without Title} ( Rondonia , Brazil )

2002 - Chinese textile worker riot, {Link without Title} ( Shuikou , Guangdong , China )

2002 - Ohio State University Post Michigan Football Game Riot , November 2002, ( Columbus, OH , USA )

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

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

2003 - Riot over bad policy during a SARS outbreak, {Link without Title} , ( Xiandie , China )

2003 - Riot after The Exploited had to cancel a show in Montreal, Canada . {Link without Title} October 14, 2003

2004 - 2004 Kosovo Riots

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

2004 - Redfern Riots , ( Sydney, Australia )

2004 - , China ).

2004 - Red Sox Riots , Boston, MA

2004 - VEISHEA riot, drunk Iowa State students riot, cancel 2005 VEISHEA ( Ames, Iowa )

2004 Urso Branco prison riot, {Link without Title} ( Rondonia , Brazil )

2004 - Chinese riot in response to a beating, {Link without Title} ( Guangdong , China )

2004 - Citizens in , China )

2004 - Farmers riot when their land is taken and given to real-estate companies, {Link without Title} , ( Zhengzhou , China )

2004 - Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final, {Link without Title} , ( Beijing , China )

2005 - , China )

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

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

2005 - Cedar Revolution , February 2005, Lebanon

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

2005 - Riots in response to land taken for a powerplant, {Link without Title} , ( Shenyou , China )

2005 - Riots over excessive pollution, {Link without Title} , ( Zhejiang , China )

2005 - Perpignan ethnic violence, May 2005, {Link without Title} , ( Perpignan , France )

2005 - Maldives Civil Unrest , August 2005, ( Malé , Maldives )

2005 - Chinese worker riot, July 2005, ( Xizhou , China ). In 2005, the government admitted to 87,000 riots across China.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/27/AR2006012701588.html

2005 - 2005 Civil Unrest In France , October 2005

2005 - 2005 Toledo Riot , October 2005, ( Toledo, Ohio , USA )

2005 - , UttarPradesh ), India

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

2005 - 2005 Cronulla 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 )

2006 - )

2006 - San Salvador Atenco Vendor Permit Riots ( San Salvador Atenco , Mexico ) {Link without Title}

2006 - Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College diploma riot {Link without Title}

2006 - Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient, {Link without Title} , ( Sichuan , China )

2006 - Download Festival Riots Donnington, UK

2006 - Riot over government response to a whistleblower, {Link without Title} , ( Shandong , China )

2006 - Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence, {Link without Title} , ( Chizhou , China )

2006 - Riot over a land dispute, {Link without Title} , ( Sanzhou , China )

2006 - 2006 Windsor Ethnic Violence

2006 - 2006 Protests In Hungary

2006 - 2006 Brussels Riots

2006 - Copenhagen December Riot

2007 - Anti-immigrant riots, {Link without Title} , ( Madrid , Spain )

2007 - Copenhagen March Riots

2007 - , Italy )

2007 - Gare Du Nord Riot In Paris

2007 - Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares, {Link without Title} , ( Zhushan , China )

2007 - Russian Youth Riots In Tallinn , Estonia

2007 - 2007 Karachi Riots , Pakistan

2007 - Cigarbox-riot May 14, Freetown Christiania (Copenhagen-Denmark)

2007 - G8 Riot Rostock June 3, G8 Conference Rostock, Germany

2007 - Undie 500 student Riots in Dunedin , New Zealand

2007 - Half Year Anniversary Of Ungdomshus Eviction. (Copenhagen-Denmark)

2007 - Muslim-Tibetan riot, {Link without Title} , ( Qinghai , China)

2007 - , China)

2007 - , Bulgaria

SEE ALSO

List Of Race Riots

Classical Music Riot

List Of Battles

List Of Massacres

List Of Strikes

List Of Timelines

EXTERNAL LINKS

The Crisis - an Overview , a reference for 1964 entries.