List of riots

This is an incomplete chronological list of events characterized by at least one source as riots.

Seventeenth century and earlier

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Salt Riot in Moscow Kremlin by E. Lissner

121 BC - Roman Election Riot of 121 BC (Rome, Roman Republic)
113 BC - Roman Election Riot of 113 BC (Rome, Roman Republic)
40 - Riots erupted in Alexandria (Roman Egypt) between Jews and Greeks.
390 - Hippodrome Revolt (Thessaloniki, Roman Empire). 7,000 - 15,000 citizens were involved in a riot near the city's hippodrome.
532 - Nika riots, (Constantinople, Byzantine Empire). Deadliest riots in world history, with an estimated 30,000 killed in the Hippodrome.^[1]
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 two 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)
1668 - Messenger riots, (London, England) "Bawdy house Riots."
1672 - Dutch Riot, (Hague, Netherlands)
1675 - Weavers riot, (London, England)

Eighteenth 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)
1743 - London Gin Riots, (London, England)^[2]
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/East Riding of Yorkshire, 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), England)
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, US)
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, US)
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)
1795 - Oslo Grain Riot, (Oslo, Norway)
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)

Nineteenth century

1807 - Baltimore Doctors' Riots, (Baltimore, Maryland, US)
1809 - Old Price Riots, 1809, (London, England)
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, US)
1825 - Portland Brothel Riots, (Portland, Maine, US)
1829 - Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots, (Boston, Massachusetts, US)
1829 - Pennsylvania Brothel Riot, (Lenox, Pennsylvania, US)
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, US)
1834 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot, (New York City, New York, US)
1835 - Vicksburg Anti-Gambling Riots, July 4-6, (Vicksburg, Mississippi, US)
1835 - Five Points Riots, (New York City, New York, US)
1835 - Baltimore bank riot (Baltimore, Maryland, US
1835 - Gentleman's Riot, (Boston, Massachusetts, US)
1837 - Flour Riots, (New York City, New York, US)
1841 - Whig Party Riot, (Washington, D.C., US)
1841-42 - Potato Riots, (Russia)
1844 - Beer riots in Bavaria, (Bavaria, independent at the time, later part of Germany)
1844 - Nativist Dissection Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri, US
1844 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US)
1849 - Stony Monday Riot, (Bytown, Ontario, Canada)
1849 - Montreal Riots, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
1849 - Astor Place Riots, (New York City, New York, US)
1850 - Brothel Riot, (Troy, New York, US)
1850 - Squatters' Riots, (California, US)
1851 - Hoboken Anti-German Riot (Hoboken, New Jersey, US
1854 - Butman Riot (Worcester, Massachusetts, US
1855 - Bloody Monday (Louisville, Kentucky, US)
1855 - Portland Rum Riot, (Portland, Maine, US)
1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
1856 - Kansas Slavery Riots, (Lawrence, Kansas, US)
1856 - Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, (Baltimore, Maryland, US)
1857 - Know-Nothing Riot, (Washington D.C., US)
1857 - New York Police Riots of 1857, (New York City, New York, US)
1857 - Baltimore Election Riot of 1857, (Baltimore, Maryland, US)
1857 - India's First War of Independence/ The Indian Mutiny/ The Sepoy Mutiny (Upper and central parts of Indian Subcontinent)
1858 - Baltimore Election Riot of 1858, (Baltimore, Maryland, US)
1859 - Baltimore Election Riot of 1859, (Baltimore, Maryland, US)
1860 - Lambing Flat riots, (New South Wales, now in Australia)
1861 - Baltimore Riot of 1861, (Baltimore, Maryland, US)
1862 - Buffalo riot of 1862, (Buffalo, New York, US)
1863 - Richmond Bread Riot, (Richmond, Virginia, US)
1863 - New York Draft Riot, (New York City, New York, US)
1866 - Memphis Race Riots, (Memphis, Tennessee), US
1866 - New Orleans Riot, (New Orleans, Louisiana, US)
1868 - Pulaski Riot, (Pulaski, Tennessee, US)
1870 - Paris Riots of 1870, (Paris, France)
1870 - New York City Orange Riot, (New York City, New York, US)
1871 - Second New York City Orange Riot, (New York City, New York, US)
1871 - Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot, (Los Angeles, California, US)
1873 - Colfax Riot, (Colfax, Louisiana, US)
1874 - Election Riot of 1874, (Barbour County, Alabama, US)
1874 - Tompkins Square Riot, (New York City, New York, US)
1874 - Battle of Liberty Place, {New Orleans, Louisiana}, US}
1874 - Vicksburg Race Riot, (Vicksburg, Mississippi, US)
1877 - Philadelphia Railroad Strike, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US)
1878 - Bulgarian War of Independence, (Bulgaria)
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, US)
1885 - Rock Springs Massacre, (Rock Springs, Wyoming, US)
1885 - Tacoma riot of 1885, (Tacoma, Washington, US)
1885 - Issaquah riot of 1885, (Issaquah, Washington, US)
1885 - Pierce City Vigilante Riot, (Pierce City, Idaho, US)
1886 - Haymarket Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
1886 - Seattle riot of 1886, (Seattle, Washington, US)
1886 - Belfast Home Rule Riots, Belfast, Ireland)
1887 - Louisiana Sugar Strike, (Louisiana, US)
1891 - Anti-Missionary Riots, (China)
1891 - Valparaiso Anti-American Riot, (Valparaiso, Chile)
1891 - New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot, (New Orleans, Louisiana, US)
1892 - Homestead Steel Riot, (Homestead, Pennsylvania, US)
1892 - Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike of 1892, (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, US)
1892 - March on Washington, (Washington, D.C., US)
1894 - Pullman Strike riots, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
1898 - Wilmington Race Riot, (Wilmington, North Carolina, US)
1899 - Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike of 1899, (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, US)
1900 - Robert Charles Riots, (New Orleans, Louisiana, US)

20th century

Bloody Sunday massacre in St. Petersburg.

1901 - Denver Riots, (Denver, Colorado, US)
1901 - New York Race Riots, (New York City, New York, US)
1901 - Pierce City Riots, (Pierce City, Montana, US)
1902 - French School Riots, (Brittany/Savoy, France)
1902 - Liverpool Riots, (Denver, Colorado, US)
1903 - Kishinev pogrom, (Kishinev, Russia, now in Moldova)
1903 - Bloomington Race Riot, (Bloomington, Indiana, US)
1903 - Motormen's Riot, (Richmond, Virginia, US)
1904 - Vaccine Revolt, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1905 - French Anti-Clerical Riots, (France)
1905 - Hibiya Incendiary Incident, (Japan)
1905 - Broome riots, (Australia)
1905 - Bloody Sunday (1905), (St. Petersburg, Russia)
1906 - Atlanta Riots, (Atlanta, Georgia, US)
1907 - Bellingham riots, (Bellingham, Washington, US)
1908 - Springfield Race Riot, (Springfield, Illinois, US)
1910 - Tonypandy Riot (South Wales, UK)
1910 - Nationwide riots following the heavyweight championship fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada on July 4
1911 - Champagne Riots, (France)
1913 - The Rite of Spring riot, May 29, 1913 (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France)
1916 - Everett massacre, (Everett, Washington, US)
1917 - St. Louis Strikebreakers Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri, US)
1917 - East St. Louis Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois, US)
1917 - Springfield Vigilante Riot, (Springfield, Missouri, US)
1917 - Conscription Crisis of 1917, (Quebec, Canada)
1917 - Houston Riot (1917), Houston, Texas, US
1918 - Rice Riots of 1918, (Japan)
1919 - Battle of Bow Street, (Bow Street, London, UK)
1919 - May Day Riots, (Cleveland, Ohio, US)
1919 - Red Summer, (US)
1919 - Chicago Race Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
1919 - Luton Peace Day Riots, Luton U.K.
1919 - Boston Police Strike, (Boston, Massachusetts, US)
1919 - Pennsylvania Steel Strike, (Pennsylvania, US)
1919 - Elaine Race Riot, (Elaine, Arkansas, US)
1919 - Longview Race Riot, (Longview, Texas, US)
1919 - Washington, DC Riot of 1919, (Washington, D.C., US)
1919 - Bloody Saturday, (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
1920 - Nebi Musa riots, (Palestine, British Mandate, later Israel)
1920 - Belfast and Derry riots of 1920 (Belfast and Derry, Ireland during July 1920)
1921 - Jaffa riots, (Palestine, British Mandate, later Israel, May 1-7, 1921 )
1921 - Belfast riots of 1921 (Belfast, Northern Ireland during July–December 1921)
1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, (Tulsa, Oklahoma, US)
1922 - Belfast riots of 1922 (Belfast, Northern Ireland during January–June 1922)
1922 - Herrin Massacre, (Herrin, Illinois, US)
1923 - Rosewood Massacre, (Rosewood, Florida)
1924 - Bhagalpur riots of 1924, (Bhagalpur, India)
1928-1929 - 1929 Palestine riots, (Palestine, British Mandate, later Israel)
1929 - North Carolina Textile Strike, (North Carolina, US)
1929 - Auburn Prison Riots, (Auburn, New York, US)

1990s - 2000

1990 - 1990 Dushanbe anti-Armenian riot, (Tajikistan), February 12 - February 17 ^{[citation needed]}
1990 - Poll Tax Riots, (London)
1990 - Strangeways Prison Riot, (Manchester, UK), April 1 - April 25
1990 - 1990 Nepal riot, April 9 - April 14 ^{[citation needed]}
1990 - Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot, (Zagreb, Croatia, at the time part of Yugoslavia)
1990 - 1990 Frunze ethnic riot, (Kyrgyzstan), June. ^{[citation needed]}
1990 - Hyderabad Riots - Over 300 Hindus killed after a Muslim Gangster was killed in an encounter with police.
1990 - 1990 Airin Riots, (Osaka, Japan), October 2 - October 5
1991 - 1991 Washington, DC riot in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, May 1991, (Washington, D.C., US)
1991 - 1991 Moscow August Putsch , GKChP (Template:Lang-ru) riot, or "August Coup Attempt", or "August Putsch", 19-21 August 1991, (Moscow, Soviet Union)
1991 - Crown Heights Riot, August 1991, (Brooklyn, New York, US)
1991 - Ely Petrol Riots in Cardiff, Wales
1991 - Carlton leach riot, Essex, England
1992 - Los Angeles riots/Rodney King riot, April-May (Los Angeles, California, US)
1990 - Salford, (Greater Manchester, UK), July
1992 - Bombay Riots - Riots in the Indian city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) after the demolition of Babri Masjid, Ayodhya.
1992 - Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen, Rostock, Germany - Heaviest xenophobious riots in Germany after World War II
1993 - Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 riots, Moscow, Russia
1993 - 18 May Riot, May. 18, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993 - Stanley Cup Riot, Montreal, Québec, Canada, June 9, 1993.
1994 - Stanley Cup Riot, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 14, 1994.
1995 - Brixton riot of 1995, (London, England)
1995 - Hyde Park Riot, July 1995, Leeds, West Yorkshire
1995 - Manningham Riot, June 1995, (Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK)
1995 - Drumcree riots, July 1995, (Portadown, Northern Ireland)
1995 - Lansdowne Road Football Riots, English Hooliganism, (Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland)
1996 - Yatala Prison Riot, 6 May 1996, (Yatala Labour Prison, Adelaide, South Australia)[2]
1996 - Drumcree riots, July 1996, (Portadown, Northern Ireland)
1996 - Parliament House Riot, 19 August 1996, (Canberra, Australia)
1996 - St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, Oct. 1996, (St. Petersburg, Florida, US)
1997 - Drumcree riots, July 1997, (Portadown, Northern Ireland)
1998 - Denver Super Bowl riot, Jan 25, (Denver, Colorado)
1998 - Jakarta Riots of May 1998, (Jakarta, Indonesia)
1998 - Miami University Riots of May 1998, (Oxford, Ohio)
1998 - Washington State University student riot, May 1998, (Pullman, Washington, US)
1998 - Drumcree riots, July 1998, (Portadown, Northern Ireland)
1999 - Khaitan Riot, (Kuwait)
1999 - Michigan State University student riot, April 1999, (East Lansing, Michigan, US)
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, US)
1999 - 1999 Berlin riot
2000 - Riot after Lakers win Championship, June 21, (Los Angeles, California)
2000 - Cochabamba protests of 2000, (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
2000 - October Riots, (Israel)
2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel
2000 - English football fans riot in Charleroi, Belgium^{[citation needed]}
2000 - Riots between English and Turkish football fans break out in Copenhagen, Denmark after the final of UEFA Euro 2000, [3]
2000 - Chinese anti-corruption riot, [4] (Yangjiazhangzi, China)
2000 - Spanish anti-immigrant riots, [5] (Almeria, Spain)

21st century

2001 - EDSA II, January 2001, (Manila, Philippines)
2001 - Philadelphia Mardi Gras Riots, February 2001, (Philadelphia, PA, US)^[6]
2001 - Seattle Mardi Gras Riots, February 2001, (Seattle, WA, US)
2001 - University of Maryland student riots following team's loss in the 2001 NCAA tournament, (College Park, Maryland, US)
2001 - 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April 2001, (Cincinnati, Ohio, US)
2001 - Quebec City Summit of the Americas, April 2001 (Quebec, Canada)
2001 - EDSA III, May 2001 (Manila, Philippines)
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 - Harehills riot Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
2001 - Bradford Riot, July 2001, (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England)
2001 - Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, July 2001, (Genoa, Italy)
2001 - Holy Cross dispute, Summer 2001, (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
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,[6] (Rondonia, Brazil)
2002 - 2002 Gujarat violence, India
2002 - Chinese textile worker riot, [7] (Shuikou, Guangdong, China)
2002 - University of Maryland students following their team's victory in the 2002 NCAA tournament, (College Park, Maryland, US)
2002 - Ohio State University post University of Michigan football game riot, November 2002, (Columbus, OH, US)
2002 - River Run Riot, (Laughlin, Nevada)
2003 - 2003 Anti-Thai riots, Cambodia
2003 - Caia Park Riots, Wrexham, Wales
2003 - Riot in Neos Marmaras (Porto Carras,Sithonia) against the EU-Summit , June 20, [8], , (Chalkidiki,Greece)
2003 - Benton Harbor Riot, June 2003 (Benton Harbor, Michigan, US)
2003 - Wrocław football riot 2003, March 30, 2003,
2003 - University of Minnesota campus riots after the Gophers men's hockey team won their back to back national championships
2003 - Maldives civil unrest, September 2003, (Malé, Maldives)
2003 - Riot over bad policy during a SARS outbreak, [9], (Xiandie, China)
2003 - The Exploited Montreal riot, Montreal, Canada. [10] October 14, 2003
2004 - 2004 Kosovo riots
2004 - Palm Island riot, (Palm Island, Queensland, Australia)
2004 - Redfern riots, (Sydney, Australia)
2004 - Han-Hui riot, [11], (Henan province, China).
2004 - Boston, Lincolnshire. Fans rioted after England was knocked out of the European football championships.
2004 - VEISHEA riot, drunk Iowa State students riot, cancel 2005 VEISHEA (Ames, Iowa)
2004 - Urso Branco prison riot,[12] (Rondonia, Brazil)
2004 - Chinese riot in response to a beating,[13] (Guangdong, China)
2004 - Citizens in Benghu riot in response to inflating prices and poor healthcare, [14], (Anhui, China)
2004 - Farmers riot when their land is taken and given to real-estate companies, [15], (Zhengzhou, China)
2004 - Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final, [16] (Beijing, China)
2004 - Rioters attack police station December 30, 2004 [17] (Athens, Greece)
2005 - Dongzhou protest, [18] (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 power plant, [19], (Shenyou, China)
2005 - Riots over excessive pollution,[20] (Zhejiang, China)
2005 - Worst riot seen in Ireland after Orange Order Parade was banned from marching through a Catholic area, (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
2005 - Perpignan ethnic violence, May 2005, [21], (Perpignan, France)
2005 - Maldives civil unrest, August 2005, (Malé, Maldives)
2005 - Chinese worker riot, [22] July 2005, (Xizhou, China). In 2005, the government admitted to 87,000 riots and demonstrations across China.^[7]
2005 - Street clashes in central Athens, [23] September 2007, (Athens, Greece),
2005 - 2005 civil unrest in France, October 2005
2005 - 2005 Toledo Riot, October 2005, (Toledo, Ohio, US)
2005 - Anti-Muslim Riots of Mau [24], 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)
2005 - 2005 Birmingham race riots in Lozells, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
2006 - Cartoon riots
2006 - 2006 Nuku'alofa riots, Nov. 16, (Nuku'alofa, Tonga)
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 - Riot during the European Social Forum, May 6, Athens,Greece
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,[25] April, (Venezuela)
2006 - 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco, (San Salvador Atenco, Mexico)[26]
2006 - Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College diploma riot [27]
2006 - Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient [28], (Sichuan, China)
2006 - Download Festival Riots, Donnington, UK
2006 - Riot over government response to a whistleblower, [29], (Shandong, China)
2006 - Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence, [30], (Chizhou, China)
2006 - Riot over a land dispute, [31], (Sanzhou, China)
2006 - 2006 Windsor ethnic violence
2006 - 2006 protests in Hungary
2006 - Reclaim The Streets Riot Sep 24, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 - 2006 Brussels riots, (Brussels, Belgium)
2006 - Copenhagen December Riot (Nørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark)
2007 - Anti-immigrant riots, [32], (Madrid, Spain)
2007 - Guinea-Bissau riot
2007 - Student riot, March 9, 2007, [33] (Athens, Greece)
2007 - Eviction of Ungdomshuset, March 1-2, (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2007 - Chinese immigrants clash with riot police [34], (Milan, Italy)
2007 - Gare du Nord riot in Paris
2007 - Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares [35], (Zhushan, China)
2007 - Bronze Night (Tallinn, Estonia)
2007 - Iranian petrol rationing riots
2007 - Karachi Riots, (Karachi, Pakistan)
2007 - Cigarbox Riot, May 14, (Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark)
2007 - Rostock G8 Riot, June 3 (G8 Conference, Rostock, Germany)
2007 - Undie 500Riots, (Dunedin, New Zealand)
2007 - Eviction of Ungdomshuset, half-year anniversary (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2007 - Muslim-Tibetan riot [36], (Qinghai, China)
2007 - Drunk Crowd starts a brawl after police arrest a drunk party goer in Pacific Beach (San Diego, California)^{[citation needed]}
2007 - Muslim-Han riot [37] (Shandong, China)
2007 - Roma riots [38] (Sofia, Bulgaria)
2007 - Riots in London, United Kingdom at the Notting Hill Carnival.
2007 - Venezuelan anti-government protests
2007 - Georgian anti-government protests, September - December
2007 - Burmese anti-government protests
2007 civil unrest in Villiers-le-Bel, France, Nov 25-30
2007 - Pakistan national uprising
2007 - Food riots in West Bengal
2007-2008 - Kenyan Presidential Election Riots
2008 - Striking dock workers clash with riot police at state-controlled Piraeus (OLP) and Thessaloniki (OLTH) ports

[39],Greece, Jan 11+15

2008 - Project Chanology riots worldwide Feb. 10
2008 - Protests in Serbia - Riots in Belgrade on embassy's of countries recognizing the independence of Kosovo by Serbian nationalists.
2008 - Tibetian unrest, Mar. 10 - June. (Tibet, China)
2007-2008 - Food riots in India, Peru, Morocco, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Austria, Hungary, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Yemen, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Senegal.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
2008 - Haitian Price riots, Apr. 3, 4 killed/20 wounded., Les Cayes Haiti
2008 - Egypt Price and Wage riots, Apr. 6-7, 1 killed, 20 injured, 25 arrested, Mahalla el-Kubra, Egypt
2008 - April 21 fans burn police cars in Montreal when Montreal Canadiens defeat Boston Bruins in first round of NHL Playoffs^{[citation needed]}
2008 - 1. May riots in Hamburg, Berlin and Nürnberg (Germany) and Manila (Philippines)^{[citation needed]}
2008- Nova the pyppy-riot Christiania/Copenhagen
2008 - UEFA Cup Final riots in Manchester, United Kingdom
2008 - South Africa riots - Attacks on foreign nationals
2008 - Bus Fare Riots, Argentina^{[citation needed]}
2008 - Fishermen riots in Paris - French fishermen clashed with police as they protested over rising fuel costs^[14]
2008 - Fishermen riots in Brussels^[15]
2008 - Kamagasaki G8 Riots Osaka, June 2008 Repression and Revolt, General Union
2008 - 2008 Guizhou riot in Guizhou, China^[16]
2008 - Kanmen riot in the coastal province of Zhejiang.^[17] According to the Ministry of Public Security, there were 87,000 riots and protests reported in 2005 and this number increases every year.^[18]
2008 - 2008 riot in Mongolia, following the legislative election
2008 - Riots in London, United Kingdom at the Notting Hill Carnival. 488 arrests made.
2008 - Montreal police shooting and killing an 18 years old sparks riot August 11, 2008 ^[19]
2008 - Matokeo Stadium soccer match riot, September 14 in Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
2008 - Yom Kippur Arab-Jewish riots in Akko, Israel
2008 - Riots in London, United Kingdom after Chelsea FC Football match
2008- "Vadestedet" riot Copenhagen/Denmark/Christiania
2008 - Riots throughout Greece after police shot dead a teenager.^[20]
2008 - Riots in Sweden, Riots hits the immigrant suburb Rosengard in the Swedish city Malmo 17 dec - 20 dec.
2009 - Riot on Jan. 7 following BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant in Oakland, CA, US
2009 - Riots in Oslo, Copenhagen, London, Belfast, Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities following the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.
2009 - Rosemeadow brawl with over 100 in Rosemeadow NSW Australia
2009 - Riot on Jan. 13 in Riga, Latvia, after a peaceful demonstration of people, demanding parliament (Saeima) dissolution.
2009 – Icelandic riots caused by the global economic crisis, Jan. 22, Reykjavik, Iceland (From: Mail Online, London 1/23/09)
2009 - Riots in Madagascar against the government.
2009 - Riots in Guadeloupe Feb. 16, over economic conditions. 1 dead.
2009 - Riots in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom after three alleged Provisional Irish Republican Army dissidents were arrested on suspicion of killing two British soldiers and a police officer, in an attack designed to trigger wider violence in Northern Ireland.
2009 - Riots in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Before and after a football game at Windsor park in Belfast, United Kingdom against Poland. The game also got stopped for 5mins due to a linesman being hit by an object thrown from the Northern Ireland Supporters.
2009 - G20 riots in London, United Kingdom. Protesters stormed and broke into the RBS bank and smashed up equipment inside the bank and smashed windows. 350 people arrested. One person dead after police brutality.
2009 - Anti-NATO riots, April 2, Strasbourg, France
2009 - Anti-NATO riots, Kehl, Germany
2009 - Anti-communist riots, Chisinau, Moldova
2009 - Riots in Quetta, Pakistan 8 Dead.
2009 - Prison riot at Ashwell prison, England, United Kingdom. Hundreds of inmates rioted and set fire to buildings.
2009 - Anti-government Riots, Bangkok, Thailand. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. 100's of protesters injured, 2 dead. Thai Army are on the streets of Bangkok
2009 - Riots in Jharkhand, India ahead of government elections. 6 soldiers dead.
2009 - Kent State University, April 25. Riot breaks out after woman is assaulted by a police officer.
2009 - 2009 May Day protests. This occurred worldwide on May 1, 2009
2009 - Riots in Brighton, United Kingdom where 2,000 joined an anti-capitalist march in Brighton
2009 - Football violence at soccer/football game between West Ham United F.C. fans and Stoke City F.C. fans, both inside the stadium and outside. United Kingdom
2009 - Luton, United Kingdom, riot against Muslim extremists who disrupted a homecoming parade of British soldiers, May 24
2009 - Riot in Downtown Los Angeles after Lakers win the Championship, June 14
2009 - 2009 Iranian election protests
2009 - Protests against military coup in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 28 --?
2009 - July 2009 Ürümqi riots in Ürümqi, China, July 5 --?
2009 - Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The riots have been blamed on the Real IRA after Orange Order parades around Northern Ireland. Twenty one police officers where injured and gun shots where fired at police. Three vans were also hijacked and two of them were pushed at police lines. Other riots broke out around Northern Ireland, in Derry, Armagh, Rasharkin.
2009 - Riots in Jerusalem after the welfare officials rescued toddler who was being starved by his abusive Ultra Orthodox mother who is a member of the small Toldos Aharon community, which does not recognized the state of Israel, municipal services were suspended to all neighborhoods where riots developed.
2009 - Riots in Pakistan's central Punjab, 8 dead.^[21]
2009 – Riots in Birmingham, United Kingdom when far-right activists clash with anti-racism protesters and local members of the Muslim and Afro-Caribbean community on August 8 2009.^[22]^[23]
2009 Football violence before, at and after a Carling Cup match between West Ham United and Millwall in London at Upton Park. There where also 3 pitch invasions.
2009 - Gothenburg, riots in several poor neighborhoods
2009 - Northpoint Training Center prison riot
2009 - Football riot in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 dead.
2009 - Small riots in Manchester, United Kingdom as the right-wing demonstrators English Defence League who claim to oppose only ‘extremist Islam’, were faced by over a thousand anti-fascists protesters from the Unite Against Fascism in Manchester city centre.
2009 - Small riots outside the BBC headquaters in London, United Kingdom as Nick Griffin, the leader of the extreme right-wing group British National Party, as he appeared on BBC's show 'Question Time'. Protesters also stormed inside the building.
2009 - Week long riots in Sakhile Township, South Africa

External links

Revolution '67 - Documentary about the Newark, New Jersey race riots of 1967

References

[1] The Nika riot

[2] Gin Epidemic - 1720-1750

[3] The Hanaoka Incident: Corporate Compensation for Forced Labor (Uploaded: May 2, 2001)

[4] South Asia

[5] Hundreds Go On Rampage After A Black Man Is Slain In Shreveport

[6] CNN.com - Mardi Gras festivity turns violent - February 28, 2001

[7] In Face of Rural Unrest, China Rolls Out Reforms

[8] Riots and hunger feared as demand for grain sends food costs soaring

[9] Already we have riots, hoarding, panic: the sign of things to come?

[10] Feed the world? We are fighting a losing battle, UN admits

[11] The World's Growing Food-Price Crisis

[12] BURKINA FASO: Food riots shut down main towns

[13] Anti-government rioting spreads in Cameroon

[14] Fishermen protest fuel prices

[15] Fishermen clash with police at EU

[16] Chinese riots over girl's death - BBC

[17] Workers 'riot in east China town', BBC News

[18] China Addresses Plight of Farmers, The Washington Post

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[20] Greek police shooting sparks riot (Retrieved 7 December 2008)

[21] Pakistan Christians die in unrest - BBC

[22] Police review anti-Islamic rally - BBC

[23] Police arrest 31 at demonstration against Islamic fundamentalism, by David Wilkes - Daily Mail; August 10, 2009

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