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This is a chronological 'list of riots:'

Contents

17th century and earlier

18th century

19th century

20th century

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s - 2000

21st century

See also

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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)

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

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★ 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 Riots, (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, [1] (Yangjiazhangzi, China)

★ 2000 - Spanish anti-immigrant riots, [2] (Almeria, 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,[3] (Rondonia, Brazil)

★ 2002 - Chinese textile worker riot, [4] (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, [5], (Xiandie, China)

★ 2003 - Riot after The Exploited had to cancel a show in Montreal, Canada. [6] October 14, 2003

★ 2004 - 2004 Kosovo riots

★ 2004 - Palm Island riot, (Palm Island, Queensland, Australia)

★ 2004 - Redfern riots, (Sydney, Australia)

★ 2004 - Han-Hui riot, [7], (Henan province, 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,[8] (Rondonia, Brazil)

★ 2004 - Chinese riot in response to a beating,[9] (Guangdong, China)

★ 2004 - Citizens in Benghu riot in response to inflating prices and poor healthcare, [10], (Anhui, China)

★ 2004 - Farmers riot when their land is taken and given to real-estate companies, [11], (Zhengzhou, China)

★ 2004 - Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final, [12], (Beijing, China)

★ 2005 - Dongzhou protest, [13] (Guangdong, 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, [14], (Shenyou, China)

★ 2005 - Riots over excessive pollution, [15], (Zhejiang, China)

★ 2005 - Perpignan ethnic violence, May 2005, [16], (Perpignan, France)

★ 2005 - Maldives civil unrest, August 2005, (Malé, Maldives)

★ 2005 - Chinese worker riot, [17] July 2005, (Xizhou, China). In 2005, the government admitted to 87,000 riots across China.[18]

★ 2005 - 2005 civil unrest in France, October 2005

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

★ 2005 - Anti-Muslim Riots of Mau [19], October 2005, (Mau, 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 - April 2006 Venezuela prison riot,[20] April, (Venezuela)

★ 2006 - San Salvador Atenco Vendor Permit Riots (San Salvador Atenco, Mexico)[21]

★ 2006 - Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College diploma riot [22]

★ 2006 - Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient, [23], (Sichuan, China)

★ 2006 - Download Festival Riots Donnington, UK

★ 2006 - Riot over government response to a whistleblower, [24], (Shandong, China)

★ 2006 - Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence, [25], (Chizhou, China)

★ 2006 - Riot over a land dispute, [26], (Sanzhou, China)

★ 2006 - 2006 Windsor ethnic violence

★ 2006 - 2006 protests in Hungary

★ 2006 - 2006 Brussels riots

★ 2006 - Copenhagen December Riot

★ 2007 - Anti-immigrant riots, [27], (Madrid, Spain)

★ 2007 - Copenhagen March riots

★ 2007 - Chinese immigrants clash with riot police, [28], (Milan, Italy)

★ 2007 - Gare du Nord riot in Paris

★ 2007 - Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares, [29], (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, [30], (Qinghai, China)

★ 2007 - Muslim-Han riot, [31], (Shandong, China)

★ 2007 - Roma riots, [32], Sofia, 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.