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List of riots - Definition and Overview |
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This is a chronological list of historical riots:
- 532 - Nika riots, (Constantinople)
- 1182 - Venetians and other "Latins" are massacred during a riot in Constantinople
- 1229 - University of Paris strike of 1229 Student riot leads to closing of university for 2 years.
- 1736 - Porteous Riots, (Edinburgh)
- 1780 - Gordon riots, (London)
- 1788 - Doctors Mob Riot, New York City, New York
- 1791 - Priestley Riots, (Birmingham)
- 1830 - Swing Riots, England
- 1832 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot, New York City, New York
- 1834 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot, New York City, New York
- 1835 - Baltimore Bank Riot
- 1835 - Gentleman's Riot, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1837 - Flour Riots, New York City, New York
- 1841 - Whig Party Riot. Washington DC, (United States of America)
- 1844 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots
- 1849 - Astor Place Riots, New York City, New York
- 1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois)
- 1857 - New York Police Riots of 1857, (New York City)
- 1861 - Baltimore Riot of 1861
- 1863 - New York Draft Riot, (New York City)
- 1866 - Memphis Race Riot, (Memphis, Tennessee)
- 1868 - Pulaski Riot, (Pulaski, Tennessee)
- 1873 - Colfax Riot, (Louisiana)
- 1879 - Sydney Riot of 1879 (Sydney, Australia)
- 1884 - Cincinnati Vigilante Riot, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1886 - Haymarket Riot, (Chicago, Illinois)
- 1898 - Wilmington Race Riot, (Wilmington, North Carolina)
- 1906 - Atlanta Riots, (Atlanta, Georgia)
- 1908 - Springfield Race Riot, (Springfield, Illinois)
- 1917 - St. Louis Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois)
- 1917 - Conscription Crisis of 1917, (Quebec)
- 1919 - Chicago Race Riot, (Chicago, Illinois)
- 1919 - Elaine Race Riot, (Elaine, Arkansas)
- 1919 - Longview Race Riot, (Longview, Texas)
- 1919 - D.C. Race Riot, (Washington, D.C.)
- 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- 1937 - Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage,
- 1943 - Zoot Suit Riots, (Los Angeles, California)
- 1943 - Detroit Race Riot, (Detroit, Michigan)
- 1946 - Nylon Riots
- 1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947
- 1949 - Peekskill Riot (Peekskill, New York)
- 1959 - Tibetan riots against Chinese government, (Tibet, China)
- 1964 - New York City 1964 race riot July 18-23
- 1964 - Rochester 1964 race riot July 24-25
- 1964 - Jersey City 1964 race riot August 2-4
- 1964 - Paterson 1964 race riot August 11-13
- 1964 - Elizabeth 1964 race riot August 11-13
- 1964 - Chicago (Dixmoor) 1964 race riot August 16-17
- 1964 - Philadelphia 1964 race riot August 28-30
- reference for these 1964 events: http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/cityinstress/mccone/part3.html
- 1965 - Watts Riot, (Los Angeles, California)
- 1967 - 12th Street Riot (Detroit, Michigan)
- 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot, (San Francisco, California)
- 1967 - Newark Riots, (Newark, New Jersey)
- 1968 - 1968 Riots, (Washington, D.C.)
- 1968 - French student riots of May (Paris)
- 1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago, Illinois) police riot
- 1969 - Stonewall Riots, (New York, New York)
- 1969 - York Race Riot, (York, Pennsylvania)
- 1969 - May 13th Incident, racial riots in Kuala Lumpur
- 1971 - Attica Prison riots, (Attica, New York) prison uprising, really
- 1973 & 1974 - Greece: student riots and revolution at Polytechnio, military junta overthrown
- 1975 - Livernois-Fenkell riot (Detroit, Michigan)
- 1979 - White Night Riots: Gay riots in San Francisco, California
- 1980 - New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- 1981 - 1981 Springbok Tour, New Zealand
- 1981 - Brixton riot (1981), London, England
- 1985 - Broadwater Farm Riot, London, England
- 1987 - Iranian pilgrim riot, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- 1989 - Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Bejing China
- 1989 - Romanian riots
- 1992 - L.A. riot, Rodney King riot, (Los Angeles, California)
- 1999 - WTO Meeting of 1999 (Seattle, Washington) partially a police riot, no general destruction, just some directed destruction at chain restaurants.
- 2000 - Cochabamba protests of 2000,
- 2001 - Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest (Genoa, Italy)
- 2001 - 2001 Cincinnati Riots (Cincinnati,Ohio, United States of America)
- 2001 - December 20 & 21 Riots (Buenos Aires,Argentina)
- The Red Summer
- Long Hot Summer
- Canboulay Riots
- Hosay Riots
- Water Riots
See also
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Example Usage of riots |
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hrwildberlin: i can't take xmas stuff. Makes me want finnish solstice & pagan bonfires! Yeah maybe i WILL start a xmas REVOLT. riots berlin vs xmas? ;) |
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ganogirl: Seattle's WTO riots were loud - and ineffective http://bit.ly/7UCpuZ |
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turtlekirkland: Cancel American Idol, even if its just for one season, just to see how many riots occur. #badideas |
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