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This is a chronological list of riots:

The list is incomplete and contains only riots documented in Western culture archives.

17th 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)
• 390 - Hippodrome Revolt (Thessaloniki, Roman Empire). 7,000 - 15,000 of the citizens were massacred in 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 2 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)
• 1672 - Dutch Riot, (Hague, Netherlands)

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18th 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)
• 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, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 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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19th century

1844 Philadelphia Nativist Riots

• 1807 - Baltimore Doctors' Riots, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1825 - Portland Brothel Riots, (Portland, Maine, USA)
• 1829 - Charlestown Anti-Catholic Riots, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• 1829 - Pennsylvania Brothel Riot, (Lenox, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1834 - Anti-Abolitionist Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1834 - Potato Riots, (Russia)
• 1835 - Five Points Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1835 - Baltimore Anti-Bank Riot (Baltimore, Maryland, USA
• 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 - Beer riots in Bavaria, (Bavaria, independent at the time, later part of Germany)
• 1844 - Nativist Dissection Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• 1844 - Philadelphia Nativist Riots, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 1849 - Stony Monday Riot, (Bytown, Ontario, Canada)
• 1849 - Montreal Riots, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• 1849 - Astor Place Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1850 - Brothel Riot, (Troy, New York, USA)
• 1850 - Squatters' Riots, (California, USA)
• 1851 - Hoboken Anti-German Riot (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
• 1854 - Butman Riot (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
• 1855 - Bloody Monday (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
• 1855 - Portland Rum Riot, (Portland, Maine, USA)
• 1855 - Lager Beer Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1856 - Kansas Slavery Riots, (Lawrence, Kansas, USA)
• 1856 - Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• 1857 - Know-Nothing Riot, (Washington D.C., USA)
• 1857 - New York Police Riots of 1857, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1857 - Baltimore Election Riot of 1857, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1859 - Baltimore Election Riot of 1859, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• 1860 - Lambing Flat riots, (New South Wales, now in Australia)
• 1861 - Baltimore Riot of 1861, (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• 1863 - Richmond Bread Riot, (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
• 1863 - New York Draft Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1866 - Memphis Race Riot, (Memphis, Tennessee), USA
• 1866 - New Orleans Riot, (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• 1868 - Pulaski Riot, (Pulaski, Tennessee, USA)
• 1870 - Paris Riots of 1870, (Paris, France)
• 1870 - New York City Orange Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1871 - Second New York City Orange Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1871 - Los Angeles Anti-Chinese Riot, (Los Angeles, California, USA)
• 1873 - Colfax Riot, (Colfax, Louisiana, USA)
• 1874 - Election Riot of 1874, (Barbour County, Alabama, USA)
• 1874 - Tompkins Square Riot, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1874 - Battle of Liberty Place, {New Orleans, Louisiana}, USA}
• 1874 - Vicksburg Race Riot, (Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA)
• 1877 - Philadelphia Railroad Strike, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1885 - Rock Springs Massacre, (Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA)
• 1885 - Tacoma riot of 1885, (Tacoma, Washington, USA)
• 1885 - Issaquah riot of 1885, (Issaquah, Washington, USA)
• 1885 - Pierce City Vigilante Riot, (Pierce City, Idaho, USA)
• 1886 - Haymarket Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1886 - Seattle riot of 1886, (Seattle, Washington, USA)
• 1886 - Belfast Home Rule Riots, Belfast, Ireland)
• 1887 - Louisiana Sugar Strike, (Louisiana, USA)
• 1891 - Anti-Missionary Riots, (China)
• 1891 - Valparaiso Anti-American Riot, (Valparaiso, Chile)
• 1891 - New Orleans Anti-Italian Riot, (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
• 1892 - Homestead Steel Riot, (Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 1892 - Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike of 1892, (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA)
• 1892 - March on Washington, (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 1894 - Pullman Strike riots, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1898 - Wilmington Race Riot, (Wilmington, North Carolina, USA)
• 1899 - Coeur d'Alene Miners Strike of 1899, (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA)
• 1900 - Robert Charles Riots, (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)

20th century

Bloody Sunday massacre in St. Petersburg.

• 1901 - Denver Riots, (Denver, Colorado, USA)
• 1901 - New York Race Riots, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1901 - Pierce City Riots, (Pierce City, Montana, USA)
• 1902 - French School Riots, (Brittany/Savoy, France)
• 1902 - Liverpool Riots, (Denver, Colorado, USA)
• 1903 - Kishinev pogrom, (Kishinev, Russia, now in Moldova)
• 1903 - Bloomington Race Riot, (Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
• 1903 - Motormen's Riot, (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1907 - Bellingham riots, (Bellingham, Washington, USA)
• 1908 - Springfield Race Riot, (Springfield, Illinois, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1917 - St. Louis Strikebreakers Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
• 1917 - East St. Louis Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois, USA)
• 1917 - Springfield Vigilante Riot, (Springfield, Missouri, USA)
• 1917 - Conscription Crisis of 1917, (Quebec, Canada)
• 1917 - Houston Riot (1917), Houston, Texas, USA
• 1918 - Rice Riots of 1918, (Japan)
• 1919 - May Day Riots, (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
• 1919 - Red Summer, (USA)
• 1919 - Chicago Race Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1919 - Luton Peace Day Riots, Luton U.K.
• 1919 - Boston Police Strike, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• 1919 - Pennsylvania Steel Strike, (Pennsylvania, USA)
• 1919 - Elaine Race Riot, (Elaine, Arkansas, USA)
• 1919 - Longview Race Riot, (Longview, Texas, USA)
• 1919 - Washington, DC Riot of 1919, (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 1919 - Bloody Saturday, (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• 1920 - Nebi Musa riots, (Palestine, British Mandate, later Israel)
• 1921 - Jaffa riots, (Palestine, British Mandate, later Israel, May 1-7, 1921 )
• 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
• 1922 - Herrin Mine Massacre, (Herrin, Illinois, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1929 - Auburn Prison Riots, (Auburn, New York, USA)

1930s

Fires rage during the Bonus Army March

• 1930 - Sherman Race Riot, (Sherman, Texas, USA)
• 1931 - Joliet Prison Riot, (Joliet, Illinois, USA)
• 1931 - Chicago Eviction Riot, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1931 - Hawaii Riot, (Hawaii, USA)
• 1931 - Greek nationalist riots (Nicosia, Cyprus)
• 1932 - Dearborn Massacre, (Dearborn, Michigan, USA)
• 1932 - Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer, Washington, D.C., USA
• 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, USA)
• 1934 - Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1935 - Souther Tennant Farmers' Union Riot, (Arkansas, USA)
• 1935 - Harlem Race Riot (New York City, New York, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1943 - Detroit Race Riot (1943), (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• 1945 - Hanaoka mine riot by Chinese workers, Odate, Akita, Japan
• 1946 - Direct Action Day, India³
• 1946 - Euclid Beach Park Riot August 23, Cleveland, OH
• 1946 - Nylon Riots
• 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, USA)
• 1949 - Icelandic NATO Riot of the 30th 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)
• 1957 - Little Rock Integration Crisis (Autumn, 1957 Little Rock, Arkansas)
• 1958 - Notting Hill race riots, (Notting Hill, London, England)
• 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, USA)
• 1964 - 1964 Race Riots, July 21-August 2 and September 3 (Singapore)
• 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 1964 race riot, August 16-17
• 1964 - Philadelphia 1964 race riot August 28-30
• 1965 - Watts Riot, Aug. 1965, (Los Angeles, California, USA)
• 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, USA)
• 1966 - Fire Hydrant Riots, July 1966 (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1966 - Hough Riots, July 1966 (Cleveland, OH, USA)
• 1966 - Hunter's Point Riot (San Francisco, California, USA)
• 1966 - Compton's Cafeteria Riot, August 1966 (San Francisco, California, USA)
• 1966 - Waukegan Riot, Aug. 27 (Waukegan, Illinois, USA)
• 1966 - Benton Harbor Riot, August-September 1966 (Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA)
• 1966 - Atlanta riot of 1966, Sep. 6 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
• 1966 - Sunset Strip curfew riots (Los Angeles, California, USA)
• 1967 - Bhagalpur riots of 1967 (Bhagalpur, India)
• 1967 - Roxbury riot, June 2 (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
• 1967 - Deutsch Oper House Riots, June 2 (Berlin, West Germany/East Germany)
• 1967 - Tampa Riots of 1967, June 1967 (Tampa, Florida, USA)
• 1967 - Buffalo riot, June 27 (Buffalo, New York, USA)
• 1967 - Cairo riot, July 17 (Cairo, Illinois, USA)
• 1967 - Durham riot, July 19 (Durham, North Carolina, USA)
• 1967 - Memphis riot, July 20 (Memphis, Tenn., USA)
• 1967 - 1967 Newark riots, July 1967 (Newark, New Jersey, USA)
• 1967 - 1967 Plainfield riots, July 1967 (Plainfield, New Jersey, USA)
• 1967 - Cambridge riot of 1967, July 1967, a.k.a H. Rap Brown riot (Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
• 1967 - 12th Street Riot, July 1967 (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• 1967 - Minneapolis North Side Riots, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota
• 1967 - Milwaukee riot, July 30 (Milwaukee, Wisc., USA)
• 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), USA)
• 1968 - 1968 Washington, DC riots, April 1968 (Washington, D.C., USA)
• 1968 - 1968 Chicago, Illinois riots, 1968 (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1968 - Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6-12 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
• 1968 - Chicago riot of 1968, a.k.a West Side Riots, April 7-14 (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1968 - Wilmington Riot of 1968 April 1968 (Wilmington, Delaware, (USA)
• 1968 - Kansas City riot of 1968, April 1968 (Kansas City, MO, USA)
• 1968 - Dutschke Easter Riots, April 11 (West Germany)
• 1968 - 68er Bewegunger, all 1968, esp. May 1968 (West Germany)
• 1968 - May 1968 popular uprising (France)
• 1968 - Salisbury riot, May 18-20, (Salisbury, Maryland, USA)
• 1968 - Louisville riots of 1968, May 27, (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
• 1968 - Glenville Shootout, (Cleveland, OH, USA)
• 1968 - Martin Luther King jr. riots (related: 1968 Chicago, Illinois riots, 1968 Washington, DC riots)
• 1968 - 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, Aug. 1968, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1968 - Rodney Riots, (Kingston, Jamaica)
• 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, USA)
• 1969 - York Race Riot, July 1969, (York, Pennsylvania, USA)
• 1969 - Zip to Zap, May 9–11, 1969 (Zap, North Dakota, USA)
• 1969 - May 13th race riots, (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• 1969 - Battle of the Bogside, August 1969 (Derry, Northern Ireland}
• 1969 - 1969 Northern Ireland Riots
• 1969 - Days of Rage, Oct. 1969, (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• 1969 - Murray-Hill riot, (Montreal, Québec, Canada)

1970s

• 1970 - Augusta Georgia Riot, May 1970, (Augusta, Georgia, USA)
• 1970 - Asbury Park Riots, July 1970, (Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA)
• 1970 - Fatti di Reggio, July 1970, (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
• 1970 - Harakat Tahrir riots, El-Aaiun
• 1970 - Kent State shootings, May 1970, (Kent, Ohio, USA)
• 1970 - Hard Hat riot, Wall Street, May 8, 1970, (New York City, New York, USA)
• 1970 - Koza riot, December 20, (Ryukyu Islands, USA, later Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
• 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, Canada)
• 1971 - Black Muslim Rally and Riot, (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
• 1973 and 1974 - Athens Polytechnic uprising, Greek student riots and revolution at