This is a chronological list of historical riots:

18th century and earlier

• 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, Scotland)
• 1780 - Gordon riots, (London, England)
• 1788 - Doctors Mob Riot , (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1791 - Priestley Riots, (Birmingham, England)

19th century

• 1830 - Swing Riots, (south and east of England)
• 1832 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot , (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1834 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot , (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1835 - Baltimore Bank Riot
• 1835 - Gentleman's Riot , (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• 1837 - Flour Riots , (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1841 - Whig Party Riot , (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 1844 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 1849 - Astor Place Riots , (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1857 - New York Police Riots of 1857 , (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1861 - Baltimore Riot of 1861, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• 1863 - New York Draft Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1866 - Memphis Race Riot , (Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
• 1868 - Pulaski Riot , (Pulaski, Tennessee, USA)
• 1873 - Colfax Riot, (Colfax, Louisiana, USA)
• 1879 - Sydney Riot of 1879, (Sydney, Australia)
• 1881 - Canboulay Riots, (Trinidad and Tobago)
• 1884 - Cincinnati Vigilante Riot , (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
• 1886 - Haymarket Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1898 - Wilmington Race Riot , (Wilmington, North Carolina, USA)

20th century

• 1906 - Atlanta Riots , (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• 1908 - Springfield Race Riot , (Springfield, Illinois, USA)
• 1917 - East St. Louis Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois, USA)
• 1917 - Conscription Crisis of 1917, (Quebec, Canada)
• 1919 - Red Summer, (USA)
• 1919 - Chicago Race Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1919 - Elaine Race Riot, (Elaine, Arkansas, USA)
• 1919 - Longview Race Riot , (Longview, Texas, USA)
• 1919 - D.C. Race Riot , (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
• 1937 - Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage, (USA)
• 1943 - Zoot Suit Riots, (Los Angeles, California, USA)
• 1943 - Detroit Race Riot , (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• 1946 - Nylon Riots
• 1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947, (Jerusalem)
• 1949 - Peekskill Riot (Peekskill, New York, USA)
• 1959 - Tibetan riots against Chinese government , (Tibet, China)

1960s

• 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: [1]
• 1965 - Watts Riot, (Los Angeles, California, USA)
• 1967 - 12th Street Riot (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot , (San Francisco, California, USA)
• 1967 - Newark Riots , (Newark, New Jersey, USA)
• 1968 - 1968 Washington, DC riots, (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 1968 - May 1968 popular uprising (France)
• 1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1969 - Stonewall Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1969 - York Race Riot , (York, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 1969 - May 13th race riots, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

• 1971 - Attica Prison uprising, (Attica, New York)
• 1973 and 1974 - Greek student riots and revolution at Polytechnio , military junta overthrown, (Greece)
• 1975 - Livernois-Fenkell riot (Detroit, Michigan)
• 1979 - White Night gay riots, (San Francisco, California)
• 1980 - New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot, (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
• 1981 - 1981 Springbok Tour protests and riots, (New Zealand)
• 1981 - Brixton riot of 1981, (London, England)
• 1981 - First Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
• 1985 - Broadwater Farm Riot, (London, England)
• 1985 - Brixton riot of 1985, (London, England)
• 1985 - Second Handsworth Riot, (Birmingham, England)
• 1987 - Iranian pilgrim riot, (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)
• 1988-1989 - Nanjing Anti-African protests, (Nanjing, China)
• 1989 - Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, (Beijing China)
• 1989 - Romanian Revolution of 1989, (Romania)
• 1992 - L.A. riot/Rodney King riot, (Los Angeles, California)
• 1995 - Brixton riot of 1995, (London, England)
• 1998 - Jakarta Riots of May 1998, (Jakarta, Indonesia)
• 1999 - WTO Meeting of 1999, (Seattle, Washington) partially a police riot, with no general destruction; just some directed destruction at chain restaurants.
• 2000 - Cochabamba protests of 2000, (Cochabamba, Bolivia)

21st century

• 2001 - Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, (Genoa, Italy)
• 2001 - 2001 Cincinnati Riots, (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
• 2001 - December 20 & 21 Riots, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

• Long Hot Summer
• Hosay Riots
• Water Riots

See also

• List of battles
• List of massacres
• List of strikes
• List of timelines