| 44 BC - Assassination of Julius Caesar | A mob took firebrands from the pyre of Caesar's cremation and attacked the houses of Brutus and Cassius as well as murdering Helvius Cinna. |
| 40 BC - Riots in Alexandria | Riots between Jews and Greeks. |
| 532 - Nika Riots | |
| 1182 - Constantinople | |
| 1229 - University of Paris Strike | |
| 1355 - St. Scholastica (Oxford) | Armed clashes between locals and students in Oxford after an initial argument between 2 students and the owner of a tavern. |
| 1517 - Evil May Day (London) | Riots during Henry VIII's reign which targeted foreigners especially the rich merchants of Lombard Street. A mob of around 1,000 young apprentices congregated in Cheapside and went on to free prisoners who had been locked up for offences against foreigners. |
| 1648 - Salt Riot (Moscow) | Also known as the Moscow Uprising, was brought about by the government's plan of substituting various taxes with a universal direct tax on salt. On 2nd June, the rebels burst into the Kremlin and demanded the surrender of Leontiy Pleshcheyev (head of Moscow Police Department) as well as other prominent officials. On June 3rd Leontiy Pleshcheyev was handed over to the insurgents and soon found himself executed whilst rebels set fire to the White City and Kitai-gorod before ransacking some 70 households of the of the most hated boyars, diaks, okolnichys, and merchants. Sporadic rebellions, triggered by the Salt Riot in Moscow, continued to take place throughout Russia, but they largely died out by January of 1649 with the adoption of the Sobornoye Ulozheniye (Legal Code), which satisfied most of the demands posed by the nobility. |
| 1662 - Copper Riot (Moscow) | Preceeded by a gradual deterioration of the Russian economy due to war and and a sharp increase in taxes. A few days before the riot it became clear that a list of people responsible for economic misfortunes existed within the wider community and that these lists were posted in several Moscow neighbourhoods. On July 25th up to 10,000 muscovites mostly from lower classes took part in the Copper Riot and later demanded that the traitors be surrendered to the people and steps be taken to stabilize the economy. |
| 1668 - Bawdy House Riots (London) | |
| 1692 - Mexico City Riots | |
| 1713 - Boston Bread Riot | |
| 1736 - Porteous Riots (Edinburgh) | |
| 1742 - Philadelphia Election Riot | |
| 1743 - London Gin Riots | |
| 1766 - Esquilache Riots (Madrid) | |
| 1769 - Spitalfields Riots | |
| 1770 - Boston Massacre | |
| 1771 - Plague Riot (Moscow) | |
| 1772 - Pine Tree Riot (Weare, N.H) | |
| 1773 - Boston Tea Party | |
| 1780 - Gordon Riots (London) | |
| 1789 - Reveillon Riots (Paris) | |
| 1791 - Priestley Riots (Birmingham) | |
| 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion (Pennsylvania) | |
| 1809 - Old Price Riots (London) | |
| 1811-12 - English Luddites | |
| 1812 - Baltimore Riots | |
| 1814 - Luddite Riots (Leicester/York) | |
| 1816 - Luddite Riots (Leicester/York) | |
| 1825 - Boston Bawdyhouse Riots | |
| 1829 - Cincinnatti Riots | |
| 1830 - Swing Riots | |
| 1830 - Opera Riots | |
| 1831 - Cholera Riots | |
| 1831 - Bristol Riots | |
| 1834 - Anti Abolitionist Riot | |
| 1835 - Baltimore Bank Riot | |
| 1836 - Cincinnatti Riots | |
| 1837 - Flour Riots | |
| 1841-42 - Potato Riots (Russia) | |
| 1844 - Beer Riots (Bavaria) | |
| 1844 - Philadelphia Nativitist Riots | |
| 1849 - Stony Monday Riots (Bytown, Ontario) | |
| 1849 - Astor Place Riots (New York) | |
| 1850 - Squatters Riot (California) | |
| 1853 - Cincinnatti Riot | |
| 1855 - Bloody Monday (Louisville, Kentucky) | |
| 1855 - Portland Rum Riot (Portland , Maine) | |
| 1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois) | |
| 1856 - Know-Nothing Riot (Baltimore, Maryland) | |
| 1857 - Know-Nothing Riot, (Washington, D.C) | |
| 1857 - New York City Police Riot | |
| 1857 - Indian Mutiny (Sepoy Mutiny) | |
| 1860 - Lambing Flat Riots (NSW, Australia) | |
| 1862 - Buffalo Riot | |
| 1863 - Richmond Bread Riot | |
| 1863 - New York Draft Riot | |
| 1866 - Memphis Race Riots | |
| 1866 - New Orleans Riot; | |
| 1868 - Pulaski Riot (Tennessee) | |
| 1870 - New York City Orange Riot | |
| 1871 - Second New York City Orange Riot | |
| Meridian race Riot (Mississippi) | |
| 1871 - Los Angeles - Anti Chinese Riot | |
| 1873 - Colfax Riot (Louisiana) | |
| 1874 - Election Riot (Alabama) | |
| 1874 - Tompkins Square Riot (New York City) | |
| 1874 - Battle of Liberty Place (New Orleans) | |
| 1879 - Sydney Riot | |
| 1881 - Canboulay Riots (Trinidad) | |
| 1884 - Hosay Riots (Trinidad) | |
| 1884 - Cicinnati Vigilante Riot | |
| 1885 - Rock Springs Massacre | |
| 1885 - Tacoma Riot (Washington) | |
| 1885 - Issaquah Riot (Washington) | |
| 1885 - Pierce City (Idaho) | |
| 1886 - Haymarket Riot (Chicago) | |
| 1886 - Seattle Riot | |
| 1886 - Belfast Home Rule Riots | |
| 1886 - Bay View Labor Riot (Milwaukee) | |
| 1887 - Louisiana Sugar Strike | |
| 1891 - Anti Missionary Riots | |
| 1891 - Valparaiso Anti American | |
| 1891 - New Orleans Anti Italian Riot | |
| 1891 - Homestead Steel Riots | |
| 1892 - Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike | |
| 1892 - March on Washington | |
| 1894 - Pullman Strike riots(Chicago) | |
| 1898 - Wilmington Race Riot (North Carolina) | |
| 1899 - Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike | |
| 1900 - Robert Charles Riots (New Orleans) | |
| 1903 - Kishinev Pogrom (Former USSR now Moldova) | |
| 1904 - Vaccine Revolt (Rio de Janeiro) | |
| 1905 - Hibiya Incendiary Incident(Japan) | |
| 1905 - Broome Riots (Australia) | |
| 1905 - Bloody Sunday (St. Petersburg, Russia) | |
| 1906 - Atlanta Riots | |
| 1907 - Bellingham riots | |
| 1908 - Springfield Race Riot (Illinois) | |
| 1910 - Tonypandy Riot (South Wales) | |
| 1911 - Llanelli Riot (Wales) | |
| 1913 - The Rite of Spring (Paris) | Famously sparked by Stravinsky's Ballet. |
| 1916 - Everett Massacre (Washington) | |
| 1917 - East St. Louis Riot | |
| 1917 - Conscription Crisis | |
| 1917 - Houston Riot | |
| 1918 - Rice Riots (Japan) | |
| 1919 - Winnipeg General Strike | |
| 1919 - Battle of Bow Street (London) | |
| 1919 - May Day Riots (Cleveland) | |
| 1919 - Red Summer (USA) | |
| 1919 - Chicago Race Riot | |
| 1919 - Luton Peace Day Riots | |
| 1919 - Boston Police Strike (Massachusettes) | |
| 1919 - Elaine Race Riot (Arkansas) | |
| 1919 - Bloody Sunday (Winnipeg) | |
| 1920 - Nebi Musa Riots (Palestine now Israel) | |
| 1921 - Jaffa Riots (Palestine now Israel) | |
| 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot | |
| 1922 - Herrin Massaacre (Illinois) | |
| 1923 - Hamburg Uprising | |
| 1923 - Rosewood Massacre (Florida) | |
| 1924 - Bhagalpur | |
| 1929 - Hebron-Safed Riots (Palestine) | |
| 1931 - Hawaii Riot | |
| 1931 - Greek Nationalist Riots (Nicosia) | |
| 1932 - Bonus Army March (Washington) | |
| 1933 - Christie Pits Race Riots (Toronto) | |
| 1933 - Palestine Riots | |
| 1934 - U.S. Nazi Riot (New York) | |
| 1934 - Minneapolis Teamsters Strike | |
| 1935 - Harlem Race Riot | |
| 1935 - Regina Riot (Saskatchewan) | |
| 1935 - Battle of Ballantyne Pier (Vancouver) | |
| 1936 - Battle of Cable Street (London) | |
| 1936 - Bhagalpur Riots | |
| 1937 - Memorial Day Massacre (Chicago) | |
| 1938 - Bloody Sunday (Vancouver) | |
| 1941 - Ossewabrandwag (Johannesburg) | |
| 1942 - Battle of Brisbane | |
| 1942 - Battle of Manners Street (Wellington) | |
| 1943 - Zoot Suit Riots (L.A) | |
| 1943 - Detroit Race Riot | |
| 1943 - Harlem Riot | |
| 1944 - Fort Lawton Riot (Washington) | |
| 1944 - Agana Race Riot (Guam) | |
| 1945 - Hanaoka Mine Riot (Akita, Japan) | |
| 1945 - Halifax Riot (Novascotia) | |
| 1945 - Helwan Riots (Egypt) | |
| 1946 - Direct Action Day (India) | |
| 1946 - Nylon Riot (USA) | |
| 1946 - Bhagalpur Riots | |
| 1947 - Jerusalem Riots | |
| 1947 - Partition Riots | |
| 1948 - Accra Riots (Ghana) | |
| 1949 - Durban Riot | |
| 1949 - Peekskill Riot (South Africa) | |
| 1949 - Icelandic NATO Riot | |
| 1950 - Maria Hertogh Riot (Singapore) | |
| 1952 - Cairo Fire | |
| 1953 - East German Uprising | |
| 1955 - The Richard Riot (Montreal) | |
| 1955 - Hock Lee Bus Riot (Singapore) | |
| 1955 - Istanbul Riots | |
| 1956 - Hungarian Revolution | |
| 1956 - Chinese Middle School Riots (Singapore) | |
| 1956 - Hong Kong Riots | |
| 1956 - Gal Oya Riots (Sri Lanka) | |
| 1957 - Little Rock Integration Crisis | |
| 1958 - Nottingham Race Riots | |
| 1958 - Notting Hill Race Riots | |
| 1958 - Sri Lankan Riots | |
| 1959 - Tibetan Riots | |
| 1961 - Berlin Wall Riots | |
| 1962 - Novocherkassk Riots (USSR) | |
| 1962 - Ole Miss Riot | |
| 1963 - Cambridge Riot | |
| 1964 - National Stadium Tragedy (Lima) | |
| 1964 - Harlem Race Riot | |
| 1964 - Rochester, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Dixmoor, Philadelphia Race Riots | |
| 1965 - Watts Riot (L.A) | |
| 1966 - Hong Kong | |
| 1966 - Division Street Riots (Chicago) | |
| 1966 - Hough Riots (Cleveland) | |
| 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot (San Francisco) | |
| 1966 - Compton's Cafeteria Riot | |
| 1966 - Benton Harbor Riot (Michigan) | |
| 1966 - Atlanta Riot | |
| 1966 - Sunset Strip Curfew Riots (L.A) | |
| 1967 - Tampa Riots | |
| 1967 - Buffalo riot | |
| 1967 - Newark & Plainfield (New Jersey) | |
| 1967 - 12th Street Riot (Detroit) | |
| 1967 - Cairo Riot (Illinois) | |
| 1967 - Hong Kong | |
| 1968 - Battle of Valle Giulia (Rome) | |
| 1968 - Washington D.C. Riots | |
| 1968 - Baltimore Riot | |
| 1968 - Chicago Riot | |
| 1968 - Kansas City Riot | |
| 1968 - May 1968 Popular Uprising (France) | |
| 1968 - Louisville Riots | |
| 1968 - Glenville Shootout (Cleveland) | |
| 1968 - Democratic National Convention (Chicago) | |
| 1968 - Rodney Riots (Kingston) | |
| 1969 - Burntollet Riot (Northern Ireland) | |
| 1969 - Race Riots of Singapore | |
| 1969 - Czechoslovak Hockey Riots | |
| 1969 - Sir George Williams Computer Riot | |
| 1969 - Stonewall Riots (New York) | |
| 1969 - Zip to Zap (North Dakota) | |
| 1969 - May 13 Race Riots (Kuala Lumpur) | |
| 1969 - Battle of the Bogside (Northern Ireland) | |
Riots Throughout History
