List of riots

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This is a list of riots that happened:

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[edit] 17th century and earlier

[edit] 18th century

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 20th century

[edit] 1960s

  • 1964 - New York City 1964 race riot July 18-23
  • 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 - 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)

[edit] 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 Riots/Shootings, May 1970, (Kent, Ohio, USA)
  • 1970 - Hard Hat riot, Wall Street, May 8, 1970, (New York City, New York, USA)
  • 1971 - May Day Protests 1971, May 1971, (Washington, D.C., USA)
  • 1971 - 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), USA)
  • 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)

[edit] 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 - 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 - Brazillian 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 - 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 - 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, (Kzakhstan, USSR)
  • 1987 - Campus Revolt (South Africa)
  • 1987 - Tampa Riot 1987, Feb. 1987, (Tampa, Florida, USA)
  • 1987 - Iranian pilgrim riot, (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
  • 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)

[edit] 1990s

  • 1990 - Poll Tax Riots, (London)
  • 1990 - Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot, (Zagreb, Yugoslavia)
  • 1991 - 1991 Washington, DC riot in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, May 1991, (Washington, D.C., USA)
  • 1991 - 1991 Moscow August Putsch , GKChP (ГКЧП) riot, or August Coup Attempt, or August Putsch, 19-21 August 1991, (Moscow, Russia)
  • 1991 - Crown Heights Riot, Aug. 1991, (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
  • 1992 - L.A. riot/Rodney King riot, April-May (Los Angeles, California, USA)
  • 1992 - Bombay Riots - Riots in the Indian City of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) after the demolition of Babri Masjid, Ayodhya.
  • 1993 - Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 riots, Moscow, Russia
  • 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 - 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)

[edit] 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 - Gujarat Anti-Muslim Riots, Feb 2002 (Gujarat, India)
  • 2002 - 2002 Urso Branco prison riot,[2] (Rondonia, Brazil)
  • 2002 - Chinese textile worker riot, [3] (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)
  • 2004 - 2004 Kosovo riots
  • 2004 - Palm Island riot, (Palm Island, Queensland, Australia)
  • 2004 - Redfern riots, (Sydney, Australia)
  • 2004- Red Sox Riots, Boston, MA

2004 - 2004 Urso Branco prison riot,[4] (Rondonia, Brazil)

  • 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 - Chinese worker riot, [5] July 2005, (Xizhou, China)
  • 2005 - Maldives civil unrest, August 2005, (Malé, Maldives)
  • 2005 - 2005 Toledo Riot, October 2005, (Toledo, Ohio, USA)
  • 2005 - 2005 Birmingham riots, October 2005, (Birmingham, England)
  • 2005 - 2005 French urban violence, October-November 2005, outer banlieues of major French cities, and copy-cat disturbances in some other Western European countries, like Belgium and Germany
  • 2005 - Anti-Muslim Riots of Mau [6], 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,[7] April, (Venezuela)
  • 2006 - San Salvador Atenco Vendor Permit Riots (San Salvador Atenco, Mexico)[8]
  • 2006 - 2006 labor protests in France, May-June 2006, Paris, France
  • 2006 - Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College diploma riot [9]
  • 2006 - 2006 Windsor ethnic violence
  • 2006 - 2006 protests in Hungary
  • 2006 - 2006 Brussels riots