List of riots

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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)
• 44 BC - Assassination of Julius Caesar (Rome, Roman Republic) During Caesar's cremation in the Forum, an incensed mob took firebrands from the pyre and attacked the houses of Brutus and Cassius, as well as killing Helvius Cinna.
• 31 - Roman Riot of 31 (Rome, Roman Empire) broke out when Sejanus was executed and mobs hunted down and killed his supporters.
• 40 - Riots erupted in Alexandria (Roman Egypt) between Jews and Greeks.
• 59 - Pompeii Riot (Pompeii, Roman Empire) According to Tacitus, a riot broke out between Pompeiians and Nucerians during a gladiatorial show. The Pompeiians were forbidden by the Senate from holding public spectacles for 10 years as a result.
• 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)

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Eighteenth century

Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre

• 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)

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Nineteenth century

1844 Philadelphia Nativist Riots

• 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)

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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)

1930s

Fires rage during the Bonus Army March

• 1930 - Sherman Race Riot, (Sherman, Texas, US)
• 1931 - Joliet Prison Riot, (Joliet, Illinois, US)
• 1931 - Chicago Eviction Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1931 - Hawaii Riot, (Hawaii, US)
• 1931 - Greek nationalist riots (Nicosia, Cyprus)
• 1932 - Dearborn Massacre, (Dearborn, Michigan, US)
• 1932 - Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer, Washington, D.C., US
• 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, US)
• 1934 - Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1935 - Souther Tennant Farmers' Union Riot, (Arkansas, US)
• 1935 - Harlem Race Riot (New York City, New York, US)
• 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)
• 1936-1939 Arab Revolt, (Palestine, British Mandate, later Israel)
• 1937 - Memorial Day Massacre (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1938 - Bloody Sunday (1938) (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

1940s

Dead and wounded after the 'Direct Action Day' battle between Hindus and Muslims

• 1942 - Battle of Brisbane (Brisbane, Australia)
• 1942 - Battle of Manners Street, (Wellington, New Zealand)
• 1943 - Zoot Suit Riots, (Los Angeles, California, US)
• 1943 - Detroit Race Riot (1943), (Detroit, Michigan, US)
• 1945 - Hanaoka mine riot by Chinese workers, Odate, Akita, Japan^[3]
• 1945 - Halifax Riot, Canada
• 1946 - Direct Action Day, India^[4]
• 1946 - Euclid Beach Park Riot August 23, Cleveland, OH
• 1946 - Nylon riots US
• 1946 - Bhagalpur riots of 1946, (Bhagalpur, India)
• 1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947, (Jerusalem, Palestine, British Mandate)
• 1947 - Partition riots, India and modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh
• 1948 - Accra Riots, (Gold Coast, now renamed Ghana)
• 1948 - The Bogotazo, (Colombia)
• 1949 - Durban Riot, South Africa
• 1949 - Peekskill Riot (Peekskill, New York, US)
• 1949 - Icelandic NATO Riot of the thirtieth of March (Austurvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland)

1950s

• 1950 - Maria Hertogh riots 11 December-13 December, Singapore
• 1953 - East German Uprising, June 16-17, 1953 (Berlin and Eastern Germany)
• 1955 - The Richard Riot March 17, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1955 - Hock Lee bus riots 12 May, (Singapore)
• 1955 - Istanbul Riots 6 September-7 September, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1956 - Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (October 23-November 10, 1956, Hungary).
• 1956 - Chinese Middle School riots 24 October-28 October, (Singapore)
• 1956 - Hong Kong 1956 riots, (Hong Kong)
• 1956 - Gal Oya riots, (Sri Lanka).
• 1957 - 1957 Steel Riots, July 12 - July 17, Newark, New Jersey.
• 1957 - Little Rock Integration Crisis (Autumn, 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas)
• 1958 - Notting Hill race riots, (Notting Hill, London, England)
• 1958 - Sri Lankan riots of 1958, (Sri Lanka)
• 1959 - Tibetan riots against Chinese government, May 10-12, 1959 (Tibet, China)

1960s

• 1960 - Yamatani 1960 riot, August 1-3 (Tokyo, Japan)
• 1961 - Berlin Wall Riots, August 1961 (Berlin, West Germany/East Germany)
• 1961 - Kamagasaki 1961 riot, August 1-4 (Osaka, Japan)
• 1962 - Novocherkassk riots, June, (Novocherkassk, Soviet Union)
• 1962 - Ole Miss riot 1962, September 30, The University of Mississippi
• 1963 - Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland
• 1964 - Panama City 1964 flag riots, January 9-11 Panama City, Panama, Panama
• 1964 - New York City 1964 race riot, July 18-23 (New York City, New York, US)
• 1964 - 1964 Race Riots, July 21-August 2 and September 3 (Singapore)
• 1964 - Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24-25 (Rochester, New York, US)
• 1964 - Jersey City 1964 race riot, August 2-4 (Jersey City, New Jersey, US)
• 1964 - Paterson 1964 race riot, August 11-13 (Paterson, New Jersey, US)
• 1964 - Elizabeth 1964 race riot, August 11-13 (Elizabeth, New Jersey, US)
• 1964 - Chicago 1964 race riot, August 16-17
• 1964 - Philadelphia 1964 race riot August 28-30
• 1965 - Watts Riot, August 1965, (Los Angeles, California, US)
• 1966 - Hong Kong 1966 riots (aka Kowloon riots), April 1966 (Hong Kong)
• 1966 - Easter Monday Riot, April, 1966 (Glen Echo Amusement Park, Glen Echo, Maryland, US)
• 1966 - Fire Hydrant Riots, July 1966 (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1966 - Hough Riots, July 1966 (Cleveland, OH, US)
• 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot (San Francisco, California, US)
• 1966 - Compton's Cafeteria Riot, August 1966 (San Francisco, California, US)
• 1966 - Waukegan Riot, August 27 (Waukegan, Illinois, US)
• 1966 - Benton Harbor Riot, August-September 1966 (Benton Harbor, Michigan, US)
• 1966 - Atlanta riot of 1966, Sep. 6 (Atlanta, Georgia, US)
• 1966 - Sunset Strip curfew riots (Los Angeles, California, US)
• 1967 - Bhagalpur riots of 1967 (Bhagalpur, India)
• 1967 - Roxbury riot, June 2 (Boston, Massachusetts, US)
• 1967 - Deutsch Oper House Riots, June 2 (Berlin, West Germany/East Germany)
• 1967 - Tampa Riots of 1967, June 1967 (Tampa, Florida, US)
• 1967 - Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27 (Buffalo, New York, US)
• 1967 - 1967 Newark riots, July 12-18, 1967 (Newark, New Jersey, US)
• 1967 - 1967 Plainfield riots, July 14-20, 1967 (Plainfield, New Jersey, US)
• 1967 - Cairo riot, July 17 (Cairo, Illinois, US)
• 1967 - Durham riot, July 19 (Durham, North Carolina, US)
• 1967 - Minneapolis North Side Riots, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, July 19-20.
• 1967 - Memphis riot, July 20 (Memphis, Tenn., US)
• 1967 - Cambridge riot of 1967, July 1967, a.k.a H. Rap Brown riot (Cambridge, Maryland, US)
• 1967 - 12th Street Riot, July 23-29, 1967 (Detroit, Michigan, US)
• 1967 - Milwaukee riot (July 30 - August 2, 1967), (Milwaukee, Wisc., US)
• 1967 - Hong Kong 1967 riots, (Hong Kong)
• 1967 - 1967 Herbst, West German Harvest-time/Autumn Riots
• 1968 - Orangeburg, SC riot and Orangeburg Massacre, (Orangeburg, South Carolina), US)
• 1968 - Battle of Valle Giulia, March 1 1968 (Rome, Italy)
• 1968 - 1968 Washington, DC riots, April 1968 (Washington, D.C., US)
• 1968 - Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6-12 (Baltimore, MD, US)
• 1968 - Chicago riot of 1968, a.k.a West Side Riots, April 7-14 (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1968 - Wilmington Riot of 1968 April 1968 (Wilmington, Delaware, (US)
• 1968 - Kansas City riot of 1968, April 1968 (Kansas City, MO, US)
• 1968 - Dutschke Easter Riots, April 11 (West Germany)
• 1968 - 68er Bewegunger, all 1968, especially May (West Germany)
• 1968 - May 1968 popular uprising (France)
• 1968 - JCH Riot in outrage over Hartwick College's schism from the Lutheren Church [www.hartwick.edu)]
• 1968 - Salisbury riot, May 18-20, (Salisbury, Maryland, US)
• 1968 - Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, (Louisville, Kentucky, US)
• 1968 - Glenville Shootout, (Cleveland, OH, US)
• 1968 - Martin Luther King jr. riots (related: 1968 Chicago, Illinois riots, 1968 Washington, DC riots)
• 1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, August 1968, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1968 - Rodney Riots, (Kingston, Jamaica)
• 1969 - Burntollet riot (near Derry, Northern Ireland on 4 January 1969)
• 1969 - 1969 Race Riots of Singapore
• 1969 - Czechoslovak Hockey Riots (1969)
• 1969 - Students of Tokyo University Riot, (Tokyo, Japan), January 18-19
• 1969 - Sir George Williams Computer Riot, (Montreal, Canada)
• 1969 - Stonewall Riots, June 1969, (New York City, New York, US)
• 1969 - York Race Riot, July 1969, (York, Pennsylvania, US)
• 1969 - Zip to Zap, May 9–11, 1969 (Zap, North Dakota, US)
• 1969 - May thirteenth race riots, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• 1969 - Battle of the Bogside (Derry, Northern Ireland on 12–14 August 1969)
• 1969 - 1969 Northern Ireland Riots (throughout Northern Ireland on 14–17 August 1969)
• 1969 - Days of Rage, Oct. 1969, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1969 - Murray-Hill riot, (Montreal, Québec, Canada)

1970s

• 1970 - Augusta Georgia Riot, May 1970, (Augusta, Georgia, US)
• 1970 - Falls Curfew (Belfast, Northern Ireland on 3–5 July 1970)
• 1970 - Asbury Park Riots, July 1970, (Asbury Park, New Jersey, US)
• 1970 - Fatti di Reggio, July 1970, (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
• 1970 - Harakat Tahrir riots, El-Aaiun
• 1970 - Kent State shootings, May 1970, (Kent, Ohio, US)
• 1970 - Hard Hat riot, Wall Street, May 8, 1970, (New York City, New York, US)
• 1970 - Koza riot, December 20, (Ryukyu Islands, US, later Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
• 1971 - May Day Protests 1971, May 1971, (Washington, D.C., US)
• 1971 - 1971 Springbok tour (Australia)
• 1971 - Camden Riots, August 1971, (Camden, New Jersey, US)
• 1971 - Operation Demetrius (Northern Ireland on August 9–11 1971)
• 1971 - Attica Prison uprising, (Attica, New York, US)
• 1971 - San Quentin Prison riot, (San Quentin, California, US)
• 1971 - Kingston Penitentiary riots, (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
• 1971 - Black Muslim Rally and Riot, (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
• 1972 - Bloody Sunday (Derry, Northern Ireland on 30 January 1972)
• 1972 - Operation Motorman (Northern Ireland on 31 July 1972)
• 1973 and 1974 - Athens Polytechnic uprising, Greek student riots and revolution at National Technical University of Athens, military junta overthrown, (Greece)
• 1973 - Oklahoma State Penitentiary Prison Riot, (McAlester, Oklahoma, US)
• 1974 - Cherry Blossom Festival at the Richmond Stadium, (Richmond, VA, US)
• 1974 - Ulster Workers' Council strike (Northern Ireland, May 1974)
• 1975 - Chapeltown riot Leeds,West Yorkshire ,England
• 1975 - Livernois-Fenkell riot (Detroit, Michigan, US)
• 1975 - European cup Final 1975,Leeds United riot in Paris
• 1976 - Vitoria Riots, March 3 (Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain)
• 1976 - Kobe Festival Riot by motorcycle gangs (Bosozoku), May 15 in Japan
• 1976 - Notting Hill Carnival Riot (London, England)
• 1976 - Soweto Riots (Soweto, South Africa)
• 1977 - 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots, January, 1977, (Egypt)
• 1977 - New York City Blackout riot, July 1977, (New York City, New York, US)
• 1977 - Sri Lankan riots of 1977, (Sri Lanka)
• 1979 - Disco Demolition Night, (Chicago, Illinois, US)
• 1979 - White Night gay riots, May 1979 (San Francisco, California)
• 1979 - Greensboro Riot/Shootings, Nov. 1979, (Greensboro, North Carolina, US)
• 1979 - Southall Riots, (Southall, West London, England)

1980s

• 1980 - New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot, (Santa Fe, New Mexico, US)
• 1980 - Chattanooga Riot of 1980, (Chattanooga, Tennessee, US)
• 1980 - Arthur McDuffie riots, May 1980, (Miami, Florida, US)
• 1980 - Gwangju Democratization Movement, May 1980, (South Korea)
• 1980 - St Pauls riot, April 1980, (St Pauls, Bristol, England)
• 1981 - 1981 Springbok Tour protests and riots, (New Zealand)
• 1981 - Brixton riot of 1981, (London, England)
• 1981 - 1981 Irish hunger strike (Northern Ireland in May, July, August 1981)
• 1981 - Toxteth riots (Liverpool, England)
• 1981 - Moss Side riots (Manchester, England)
• 1981 - Chapeltown riot Leeds,West Yorkshire, England
• 1981 - First Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
• 1982 - Nigerian Riots, Oct. 26, (Nigeria)
• 1982 - Endagskrigen (one-day-war riot) (Copenhagen, Denmark)
• 1982 - Washington Anti-Klan protest 1982, Nov. 1982, (Washington, D.C., US)
• 1982 - Miami Riot, Overtown Riot, Dec. 1982, (Miami, Florida, US)
• 1983 - Sing Sing Prison Riot, Jan. 10, (Ossining, New York, US)
• 1983 - Indian Hindu-Muslim Riots, Feb. 14, (India)
• 1983 - Yatala Prison Riot, Mar. 22, (Adelaide, South Australia)
• 1983 - Brazilian Unemployment Riot, Apr. 4-5, (São Paulo, Brazil)
• 1983 - Polish Pro-Solidarity Riots, May. 1, (Poland)
• 1983 - Black July, Jul. 24, (Sri Lanka)
• 1984 - Tunisian Bread Riots, Jan., (Tunis, Tunisia)
• 1984 - Anti-Sikh riots, (Delhi, Kanpur, India)
• 1984 - Lawrence Massachusetts Race Riot, August 8, 1984, (Lawrence,Massachusetts)
• 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 - Drumcree riots (Portadown, Northern Ireland, July 1985)
• 1985 - Durban Riots, August 8, (Durban, South Africa)
• 1985 - Cape Town Riots, August 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 - EDSA I, Feb. 25, (Manila, Philippines)
• 1986 - Egyptian Conscription Riot, Feb. 25, (Egypt)
• 1986 - 1986 Sabah riots, Mar. 12, (Sabah, Malaysia)
• 1986 - Drumcree riots (Portadown, Northern Ireland, April and July 1986)
• 1986 - South Korean Student Riot, May. 10, (Inchon, South Korea)
• 1986 - Stanley Cup Riot, Montreal, Québec, Canada, May 24.
• 1986 - South African Riots, Jun. 9, (Crossroads, South Africa)
• 1986 - Spanish Riots, Jun. 21, (Spain)
• 1986 - Pakistani Political Riots, August 13, (Pakistan)
• 1986 - South African Riots, August 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, US)
• 1987 - Chapeltown riot Leeds,West Yorkshire ,England
• 1987 - Campus Revolt (South Africa)
• 1987 - Tampa Riot 1987, Feb. 1987, (Tampa, Florida, US)
• 1987 - Pioneer Days Riot, (Chico, California, US)
• 1987 - Iranian pilgrim riot, (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
• 1987 - Lhasa Uprising of 1987, September 1987 (Lhasa, Tibet)
• 1987 - Atlanta Prison Riots, (Atlanta, US)
• 1987 - First Intifada, Israel
• 1988 - Fremantle prison riot
• 1988 - Tompkins Square Park Police Riot, August 1988 (East Village, Manhattan, New York City)
• 1988 - Hot Biscuit Riot, Shreveport, Louisiana^[5]
• 1988-1989 - Nanjing Anti-African protests, (Nanjing, China)
• 1989 - 1989 riots in Argentina
• 1989 - 1989 Sukhumi riots
• 1989 - Bhagalpur riots of 1989, (Bhagalpur, India)
• 1989 - SCI Camp Hill Riots, Sept 1989 (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, US)
• 1989 - Dewsbury riot
• 1989 - leeds united riots / birmingham
• 1989 - Miami Riot 1989, Jan. 1989, (Miami, Florida, US)
• 1989 - Tampa Riot 1989, Feb. 1989, (Tampa, Florida, US)
• 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 - South Korean Students Riots at Hanyang University
• 1989 - Romanian Revolution of 1989, (Romania)
• 1989 - Purple Rain Riot (South Africa)

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 (Russian: ГКЧП) riot, or "August Coup Attempt", 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

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Many of Ahmedabad's buildings were set on fire during 2002 Gujarat violence

• 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 intervention.
• 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 Harrow, London 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 Harrow central.
• 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

See also

• Timeline of riots and civil unrest in Omaha, Nebraska
• List of riots and civil unrest in Calgary
• Violence
• List of race riots
• Classical music riot
• List of battles
• List of massacres
• List of rebellions
• List of strikes
• List of timelines
• List of wars
• 2007–2008 food riots
• List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States

External links

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

References