List of riots

Seventeenth century and earlier

• 44 BC – Assassination of Julius Caesar. During Caesar's cremation in the Forum, an incensed mob took firebrands from the pyre and attacked the houses of Brutus and Cassius, as well as killing Helvius Cinna.
• 38, 40 – Riots erupted in Alexandria between Jews and Greeks.
• 532 – Nika riots. Thirty thousand killed in the Hippodrome.
• 1046 – Vata pagan uprising
• 1066 – 1066 Granada massacre. Muslim mob kills Jewish vizier and massacres Jewish population.
• 1182 –. Venetians and other "Latins" massacred during a riot.
• 1196 – Poor riot
• 1229 – University of Paris strike of 1229. Student riot leads to closing of university for two years.
• 1298 – Rintfleisch massacres
• 1349 - Strasbourg massacre, over 2000 Jews killed after widespread rioting caused by claims that they were behind the spread of the Black Death Epidemic. Most of the victims were burned to death.
• 1355 – St Scholastica Day riot
• 1381 – Peasants' Revolt
• 1382 – Harelle
• 1391 – The Massacre of 1391
• 1437–1438 – Transylvanian peasant revolt
• 1506 – Lisbon massacre of Jews.
• 1517 – Evil May Day
• 1562 – 1562 Riots of Toulouse
• 1572 – St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
• 1588 – Day of the Barricades
• 1640 – Corpus de Sang
• 1648 – Salt Riot
• 1662 – Copper Riot
• 1668 – Bawdy House Riots
• 1692 – Mexico City

  Eighteenth century

• 1706–1707 – Treaty of Union Riots
• 1710 – Sacheverell riots
• 1710–1713 – Boston Bread Riot
• 1713 – Dublin election riot
• 1714 – Coronation riots, England
• 1715 – 1715 England riots
• 1726 – Riot in Dresden for two days after a Protestant clergyman was killed by a soldier who had recently converted from Catholicism.
• 1736 – Porteous Riots

• 1740 – Batavia Massacre. Anti-Chinese race riots led by Dutch and Indonesian residents.
• 1742 – Philadelphia Election Riot
• 1743 – London Gin Riots
• 1754 – Taunton, England
• 1766 – Esquilache Riots
• 1766 – Food Riots
• 1768 – Massacre of St George's Fields
• 1769 – Spitalfield Riots
• 1770 – Boston Massacre
• 1771 – Plague Riot
• 1772 – Pine Tree Riot
• 1773 – Boston Tea Party Boston, British America.
• 1775 – Flour War
• 1780 – Gordon Riots
• 1788 – Doctors' Riot
• 1789 – Réveillon Riots
• 1791 – Priestley Riots
• 1793 – Ebel Riot
• 1794 – Whiskey Rebellion
• 1795 – Revolt of the housewives
• 1797 – Massacre of Tranent

  Nineteenth century

• 1809 – Old Price Riots, 1809
• 1811–1812 – English Luddite Riots
• 1816 – Ely and Littleport riots of 1816
• 1816 – Spa Fields riots
• 1819 – Hep-Hep riots
• 1826 December – Eggnog riots
• 1829 – Cincinnati riots of 1829
• 1830 – Swing Riots
• 1830 – Opera Riot
• 1831 – Cholera Riots
• 1831 – Merthyr Rising
• 1831 - 1831 reform riots
• 1831 – 1831 Bristol riots
• 1834 – Anti-abolitionist riots
• 1835 – Baltimore bank riot
• 1835 August – Snow Riot: Lynch mobs and riots in Washington, D.C. over a drunken attack by slave Arthur Bowen against his mistress, Anna Thornton
• 1836 – Cincinnati riots of 1836
• 1836 – Abolition Riot of 1836
• 1837 – Flour Riot
• 1838 – Rabulist riots
• 1838 – Pennsylvania Hall riots
• 1839 – Newport Rising
• 1839–1843 – Rebecca Riots
• 1841 – Cincinnati riots of 1841
• 1841–1842 – Potato Riots
• 1842 – Plug Plot Riots
• 1842 – Lombard Street riot
• 1844 – Beer riots in Bavaria
• 1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots
• 1848 – Marsoroligheterna
• 1849 – Genoa
• 1849 – Stony Monday Riot
• 1849 – Montreal Riots
• 1849 – Astor Place Riot
• 1850 – Squatters' Riot
• 1851 – Christiana Riot
• 1851 – Anti-Catholic Riots, Singapore
• 1853 – Cincinnati riot of 1853, United States
• 1854 – Hokkien–Teochew Riots, Singapore
• 1855 – Bloody Monday
• 1855 – Portland Rum Riot
• 1855 – Lager Beer Riot
• 1856 – Know-Nothing Riot of 1856
• 1857 – Know-Nothing Riot
• 1857 – New York City Police Riot
• 1860 – Lambing Flat riots
• 1861 – Election Riots
• 1862 – Buffalo riot of 1862
• 1863 – Richmond Bread Riot
• 1863 – New York City draft riots
• 1864 – Leicester balloon riot
• 1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866, United States
• 1866 – New Orleans Riot
• 1868 – Pulaski Riot
• 1868 – Camilla riot, United States
• 1870 – New York City Orange Riot
• 1871 – Second New York City Orange Riot
• 1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871
• 1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot
• 1873 – Colfax Riot
• 1874 – Election Riot of 1874
• 1874 – Tompkins Square Riot
• 1874 – Battle of Liberty Place New Orleans, United States
• 1876 – Hamburg Massacre, United States
• 1879 – Sydney Riot of 1879
• 1881 – Canboulay Riots
• 1884 – Hosay Riots
• 1884 – Cincinnati riots of 1884
• 1885 – Rock Springs massacre
• 1885 – Tacoma riot of 1885
• 1885 – Issaquah riot of 1885
• 1886 – Haymarket affair
• 1886 – Seattle riot of 1886
• 1886 – Belfast Home Rule Riots
• 1886 – Bay View Labor Riot
• 1896 – Newlyn riots
• 1898 – Wilmington race riot
• 1900 – Robert Charles riots

  20th century

• 1903 – Kishinev pogrom
• 1904 – Vaccine Revolt
• 1905 – Hibiya Incendiary Incident
• 1905 – Broome riots
• 1905 – Bloody Sunday
• 1905 - Pagoda riots Cantonese versus Hakka clans
• 1906 – Atlanta race riot
• 1907 – Bellingham riots
• 1907 – Brown Dog riots, London, United Kingdom
• 1908 – Springfield Race Riot
• 1909 – Tragic Week

  1910s

• 1910 – Black Friday Riot
• 1910 – Tonypandy Riot
• 1911 – Champagne Riots
• 1911 - 1911 Curepipe riots
• 1915 – The 1st and 2nd Battle of the Wazzir
• 1915 - Anti-German riots across Britain in retaliation for the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
• 1916 – Everett massacre
• 1916 – Liverpool riot of 1916, Sydney, Australia, Australian soldiers
• 1917 – East St. Louis Riot
• 1917 – Quebec Easter riots
• 1917 – Houston riot of 1917, Houston, United States
• 1918 – Rice Riots of 1918
• 1918 - 1918 Kudus riot an anti-Chinese pogrom in Semarang Regency, Dutch East Indies
• 1918 – Anti-Greek riots, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, involved 5,000 veterans destroying and looting over 20 Greek businesses causing $100,000 damage, 16 police and 150 rioting veterans and civilians were hurt
• 1918/19 – Red Flag Riots, Queensland, Australia, largely undertaken by members of the First Australian Imperial Force
• 1919 – Battle of Bow Street
• 1919 – British race riots
• 1919 – Luton Peace Day Riots, Luton. United Kingdom
• 1919 – Red Summer
• * 1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919
• * 1919 – May Day Riots
• * 1919 – Jenkins County, Georgia
• * 1919 – Charleston, South Carolina
• * 1919 – Bisbee, Arizona
• * 1919 – Longview, Texas
• * 1919 – Knoxville, Tennessee
• * 1919 – Omaha, Nebraska
• * 1919 – Chicago race riot
• * 1919 – Washington, D.C.
• * 1919 – Boston Police Strike
• * 1919 – Elaine Race Riot
• 1919 – Bloody Saturday

  1920s

• 1920 – Nebi Musa riots
• 1921 - Black Wall Street Massacre
• 1921 – March Action
• 1921 – Jaffa riots
• 1921 – Tulsa Race Riot
• 1921 – Belfast's Bloody Sunday
• 1921–1922 – Moplah Riots
• 1922 – Harry Thuku Riot, Nairobi, Kenya, March 15–16. The violence and its suppression lasted a minute or two at the most.
• 1922 – Herrin Massacre
• 1923 – Hamburg Uprising
• 1923 – Rosewood massacre
• 1927 – Nagpur riots of 1927
• 1929 – Blutmai
• 1929 – Hebron–Safed riots

  1930s

• 1931 – Hawaii Riot
• 1931 – Greek nationalist riots
• 1932 – 1932 Colonial Building riot
• 1932 – Altona Bloody Sunday
• 1932 – Ford Hunger March
• 1932 – Bonus Army March, Spring/Summer, Washington, D.C., United States
• 1933 – Christie Pits Race Riots
• 1933 – Palestine riots
• 1934 – U.S. Nazi Riot
• 1934 – Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 Minneapolis
• 1935 – Harlem Race Riot
• 1935 – Regina Riot
• 1935 – Battle of Ballantyne Pier
• 1936 – Battle of Cable Street
• 1936 – Bhagalpur riots of 1936
• 1936–1939 – Arab Revolt
• 1937 – Memorial Day massacre of 1937
• 1937 – Uba riots of 1937 August 1937 Mauritian sugar cane growers versus sugar mill owners at Union Flacq Sugar Estate, Mauritius
• 1938 – Bloody Sunday

  1940s

• 1941 – Ossewabrandwag attacks on South African Union Defence Force February 1
• 1942 – Battle of Manners Street
• 1943 – Easter Riots
• 1943 - Belle Vue Harel Massacre Anjalay
• 1943 – Zoot Suit Riots
• 1943 – Detroit Race Riot
• 1943 – Beaumont Race Riot of 1943
• 1943 – Harlem Riot
• 1944 – Fort Lawton Riot
• 1944 – The Montreal and Verdun Zoot-Suit disturbances of June 1944
• 1944 – Agana race riot
• 1945 – Hanaoka mine riot by Chinese workers, ÅŒdate, Akita, Japan
• 1945 – Halifax Riot
• 1945 – Helwan Riots, Egypt
• 1946 – Direct Action Day, India
• 1946 – Nylon riots US
• 1946 – Bhagalpur riots of 1946
• 1947 – Jerusalem Riots
• 1947 – Partition riots, India and modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, the hardest hit region was the densely populated state of Punjab, death toll estimates between 500,000–2,000,000, the deadliest riots known to humankind.
• 1948 – Accra Riots
• 1948 – Bogota riots, named Bogotazo
• 1949 – Durban Riot, South Africa
• 1949 – Peekskill Riot
• 1949 – Icelandic NATO Riot of the thirtieth of March

  1950s

• 1950 – Maria Hertogh riots December 11–13, Singapore
• 1950 – Belgian anti-royalism riots Spring–August 1950
• 1952 – Black Saturday riots and fire
• 1953 – East German Uprising, June 16–17, 1953
• 1953 Lahore riots, Anti-Ahmadiyya riots in Lahore, West Pakistan, around 2000 Ahmadis killed.
• 1955 – The Richard Riot March 17, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1955 – Hock Lee bus riots 12 May
• 1955 – Istanbul Riots September 6–7, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
• 1956 – Chinese Middle School riots October 24–28
• 1956 – Hong Kong 1956 riots
• 1956 – Gal Oya riots.
• 1957 – Little Rock Integration Crisis
• 1958 – Notting Hill race riots
• 1958 – Sri Lankan riots of 1958
• 1958 – 1958 Grozny riots, Grozny, Soviet Union
• 1959 – 1959 Congolese Riots, January 4–6, 1959 Leopoldville, Belgian Congo
• 1959 – Tibetan riots against Chinese government, in Lhasa, Tibet Area, China, between March 10 to 21, this is the deadliest riot to take place in a single month and also the second deadliest riot to take place in a single year, a confirmed death toll of around 87,000 people.

  1960s

• 1962 – Bettors Riot at Yonkers Raceway, May 30, Yonkers, New York
• 1962 – Novocherkassk riots, June
• 1962 – Ole Miss riot of 1962, September 30, University of Mississippi
• 1963 – Cambridge riot 1963, June 14, Cambridge, Maryland
• 1963 – Roosevelt Raceway Riot, November 8, Westbury, New York
• 1964 – 1964 East Pakistan riots
• 1964 – National Stadium Tragedy Riot, May 24, Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru
• 1964 – Harlem race riot, July 18–23
• 1964 – 1964 Race Riots, July 21 – August 2 and September 3
• 1964 – Rochester 1964 race riot, July 24–25
• 1964 – Jersey City 1964 race riot, August 2–4
• 1964 – Elizabeth 1964 race riot, August 11–13
• 1964 – Dixmoor 1964 race riot August 16–17
• 1964 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot August 28–30
• 1965 – 1965 Mauritius race riots May 10, 1965 Trois Boutiques followed by Mahébourg; Creoles versus Hindus. State of Emergency.
• 1965 – Watts riots, August 1965
• 1966 – Hong Kong 1966 riots, April 1966
• 1966 – Division Street riots, June 12–14
• 1966 – Hough Riots, July 1966
• 1966 – Compton's Cafeteria Riot, August 1966
• 1966 – Benton Harbor Riot, August–September 1966
• 1966 – Sunset Strip curfew riots
• 1966 - Mauritius race riots
• 1967 – Bhagalpur riots of 1967
• 1967 – Tampa riots of 1967, June 1967
• 1967 – Buffalo riot of 1967, June 27
• 1967 – 1967 Newark riots, July 12–18, 1967
• 1967 – 1967 Plainfield riots, July 14–20, 1967
• 1967 – 12th Street Riot, July 23–27, 1967
• 1967 – Cambridge riot of 1967, July 24, 1967 Cambridge, Maryland
• 1967 – Cairo riot, July 17
• 1967 – Winston-Salem 1967 race riot, November 2–4, 1967
• 1967 – Hong Kong 1967 riots
• 1968 – 1968 Mauritian riots Pre-Independence Mauritius racial riots January 1968 started at Plaine Verte, Port Louis ; Creoles versus Hindus and Muslims
• 1968 – Battle of Valle Giulia, March 1, 1968
• 1968 – 1968 Washington, D.C. riots, April 1968
• 1968 – Baltimore riot of 1968, April 6–12
• 1968 – Chicago riots of 1968 April 7–14
• 1968 – Kansas City riot of 1968, April 1968
• 1968 – May 1968 popular uprising
• 1968 – JCH Riot in outrage over Hartwick College's schism from the Lutheren Church
• 1968 – Louisville riots of 1968, May 27
• 1968 – Glenville Shootout
• 1968 – Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day riot
• 1968 – Wooster Ave. riot of July 1968
• 1968 – 1968 Democratic National Convention riot, August 1968
• 1968 – Rodney Riots
• 1969 – Burntollet Bridge incident
• 1969 – 1969 Race Riots of Singapore
• 1969 – Czechoslovak Hockey Riots
• 1969 – Sir George Williams Computer Riot
• 1969 – Stonewall Riots, June 1969
• 1969 – May 13 race riots, May 13 – July 31, 1969
• 1969 – Battle of the Bogside
• 1969 – 1969 Northern Ireland Riots
• 1969 – Days of Rage, October 1969
• 1969 – Murray-Hill riot
• 1969 – 1969 Gujarat riots, India
• 1960s – Berkeley riots, a series of riots in

  1970s

• 1970 – Kent State shootings, May 1970
• 1970 – Jackson State killings, May 1970
• 1970 – Hard Hat Riot, Wall Street, May 8, 1970
• 1970 – Battle of St Matthew's
• 1970 – Falls Curfew
• 1970 – 1970 Memorial Park riot, August 24–27, 1970
• 1970 – Koza riot, December 20
• 1971 – Gastown Riots, August 1971, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• 1971 – Camden Riots, August 1971
• 1971 – Attica Prison uprising
• 1972 – Bloody Sunday
• 1972 – Operation Motorman
• 1973 – South Jamaica Riots, April 28, 1973
• 1973 and 1974 – Athens Polytechnic uprising, Greek student riots and revolution at National Technical University of Athens, military junta overthrown
• 1974 – Ulster Workers' Council strike
• 1974 – Boston Busing Race Riots, anti-busing riots throughout Boston
• 1975 – Chapeltown riot Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
• 1975 – Livernois–Fenkell riot
• 1975 - May 1975 Students protest riots Mauritius, Indian Ocean
• 1976 – Land Day protest, Massive strike by Israeli Arabs in protest at a government plan to expropriate lands in the Galilee
• 1976 – Notting Hill Carnival Riot
• 1976 – Soweto Riots
• 1977 – 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots, January 1977
• 1977 – Sri Lankan riots of 1977
• 1977 – Tampa Led Zeppelin riots of 1977,
• 1978 – Haredi riot, Brooklyn
• 1978 – Moody Park riots, May 1978
• 1979 – Disco Demolition Night
• 1979 – White Night gay riots, May 1979
• 1979 – Southall riots
• 1979 – Star Hotel riot

  1980s

• 1980 – Geen Woning Geen Kroning
• 1980 – New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot
• 1980 – Arthur McDuffie riots, May 1980
• 1980 – St Pauls riot, April 1980
• 1980 – Vondelstraat Riots
• 1980 – Amsterdam coronation riots
• 1981 – 1981 Toronto bathhouse riots, February 1981
• 1981 – 1981 Irish hunger strike riots
• 1981 – Brixton riot of 1981
• 1981 – Toxteth riots
• 1981 – Moss Side riots
• 1981 – Chapeltown riot Leeds, England
• 1981 – Handsworth Riots
• 1982 – Washington Anti-Klan protest 1982, November 1982
• 1982 – Miami Riot, Overtown Riot, December 1982
• 1983 – Assam Riot, in Assam, India, over 2000 Bengali Muslims killed after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's decision to give 4 million alleged immigrants from Bangladesh the right to vote.
• 1983 – Polish Pro-Solidarity Riots, May. 1
• 1983 - Black July
• 1984 – Tunisian bread riots
• 1984 – Anti-Sikh riots
• 1984 – Aggieville Riot
• 1984 – Queens Street Riot, December 7, 1984.
• 1985 – Drumcree riots
• 1985 – Durban Riots, August 8
• 1985 – Brixton riot of 1985, September 28
• 1985 – Second Handsworth riots, September 11
• 1985 – Broadwater Farm Riot, October 6
• 1986 – Egyptian Conscription Riot, February 25
• 1986 – 1986 Sabah riots, March 12
• 1985 – Drumcree riots
• 1986 – Clontibret invasion
• 1986 – U.S. Open of Surfing, August 31
• 1986 – Battle of Ryesgade, October 14–22
• 1987 – Chapeltown riot Leeds, England
• 1987 – Tampa riot of 1987, February 1987
• 1987 – Iranian pilgrim riot
• 1987–1989 – Tibetan Anti-China Riots, September 27, 1987
• 1987 – Atlanta prison riots
• 1987 – First Intifada, Israel
• 1988 – Fremantle prison riot
• 1988 – 8888 Uprising in Myanmar. Nationwide riots against military dictatorship in the country to restore democracy, as many as 10,000 protesters killed when the Myanmar Army brutally suppressed the movement.
• 1988 – Latino riot, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
• 1988 – Tompkins Square Park Police Riot, August 1988
• 1988 – Hot Biscuit Riot, Shreveport, Louisiana
• 1988–1989 – Nanjing Anti-African protests
• 1989 – 1989 riots in Argentina
• 1989 – 1989 Sukhumi riots
• 1989 – Dewsbury riot
• 1989 – Tampa riot of 1989, February 1989
• 1989 – El Caracazo, February 1989
• 1989 – Aftermath of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
• 1989 – Romanian Revolution of 1989
• 1989 – 1989 Bhagalpur riots in India
• 1989 – Purple Rain Riot

  1990–2000

• 1990 – Poll Tax Riots
• 1990 – Strangeways Prison Riot, April 1 – 25
• 1990 – Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot
• 1990 – Golaniada, demonstrations against communism
• 1990 – Salford, July
• 1990 – Hyderabad Riots – Over 150 people killed. Communal riots occurred due to the killing of Sardar and Majid Khan.
• 1990 – 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh against military dictator Lt. Gen. Ershad, who is forced to resign on December 6, and restore democracy in the country. December 6 has since been celebrated as democracy victory day in Bangladesh.
• 1990 – 1990 Airin Riots, October 2 – 5
• 1991 – 1991 Washington, D.C. riot in D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, May 1991
• 1991 – Riverport Riot, at Riverport Amphitheater during a Guns N' Roses concert, July 2
• 1991 – Crown Heights Riot, August 1991
• 1991 – 1991 Moscow August Putsch, GKChP riot, or "August Coup Attempt", August 19–21, 1991
• 1991 – Ely Petrol Riots, 2–6 September,
• 1991 – Hoyerswerda riots, 17–23 September,
• 1992 – Los Angeles riots, April 29 – May 4
• 1992 – Washington Heights Riot, July 1992
• 1992 – Chicago Bulls victory riots, June
• 1992 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Riot after Guns N' Roses show during the Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour.
• 1992 – Demolition of the Babri Masjid, Ayodhya, India. Over 2000 killed in violence.
• 1992 – Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen, 22–24 August, Rostock, Germany – most serious xenophobic riots in Germany after World War II
• 1992 – Bombay riots and other inter-communal riots – Riots in the Indian city of Mumbai after the demolition of Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. 6 December 1992 – 26 January 1993.
• 1992 – Riots in Bangladesh and Pakistan in protest of the demolition of Babri Masjid.
• 1993 – Russian constitutional crisis of 1993 riots, Moscow, Russia
• 1993 – 18 May Riot, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 18, 1993.
• 1993 – Stanley Cup Riot, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 9, 1993.
• 1993 – Welling Riots, London, England, October 16, 1993.
• 1994 – 1994 Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Malakand Revolt
• 1994 – Stanley Cup Riot, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 14, 1994.
• 1994 – Green Day Riot, Boston, Massachusetts, September 9, 1994.
• 1994 – 1990s uprising in Bahrain, 35 killed, 1994–1999.
• 1995 – 1995 Gazi Quarter riots, 23 killed, March 1995, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1995 – Brixton riot of 1995
• 1995 – Manningham riot, June 1995
• 1995 – Lansdowne Road football riot, English Neo-Nazi Hooliganism
• 1995 – Drumcree riots, July 1995
• 1996 – Yatala Prison Riot, May 6, 1996
• 1996 – Riots in Trafalgar Square during UEFA Euro 96, June 26, 1996
• 1996 – Drumcree riots, July 1996
• * Derry riots
• 1996 – Parliament House Riot, August 19, 1996
• 1996 – Western Wall Tunnel riots, September 1996
• 1996 – St. Petersburg, Florida Riot 1996, October 1996
• 1997 – Drumcree riots of July 1997
• 1998 – Pullman Riot, May 1998
• 1998 – Jakarta Riots of May 1998
• 1998 – Drumcree riots, July 1998
• 1998 – Reformasi
• 1999 – 1999 Mauritian riots, February 21–25 started in Roche Bois. Spread throughout Mauritius after death in custody of singer Topize "Kaya". Linked to cannabis legalisation.
• 1999 - L'Amicale and Anjalay riots May 23, 1999 Port Louis, Mauritius. Muslim protesters murdered family of Chinese owners of gambling den.
• 1999 – Khaitan Riot
• 1999 – Michigan State University student riot, April 1999
• 1999 – Iran student riots, July 1999, July 1999, Iran
• 1999 – WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, November 1999
• 2000 – Cochabamba protests of 2000
• 2000 — Lakers fans riot after the team was crowned the NBA Champions. It became known as The Laker Riot
• 2000 – October Riots
• 2000 – Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel
• 2000 – Riots between English and Turkish football fans break out in Copenhagen, Denmark after the final of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup,
• 2000 – Chinese anti-corruption riot,
• 2000 – Spanish anti-immigrant riots,
• 2000 – May Day Riots, May 1, 2000.

  21st century

2001–2009

• 2001 – Seattle Mardi Gras riot, February
• 2001 – University of Maryland student riots following team's loss in the 2001 NCAA tournament
• 2001 – 2001 Cincinnati Riots, April
• 2001 – Quebec City Summit of the Americas, April
• 2001 – May Day Riots, May 1, 2001.
• 2001 – Oldham Riots, May
• 2001 – Gothenburg Riots, June
• 2001 – Harehills riot Leeds, June,
• 2001 – Canada Day Riot, July, Edmonton,
• 2001 – Bradford Riot, July
• 2001 – Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, July
• 2001 – July 2001 Belfast riots,
• 2001 – Holy Cross dispute, Summer
• 2001 – November 2001 Belfast riots,
• 2001 – December 2001 Riots
• 2001 – Ohio State University, First Chittfest block party riot, April
• 2002 – San Salvador Atenco Airport Riot
• 2002 – Post- Godhra Riots after the Godhra train burning, February
• 2002 – Naroda Patiya massacre, happened on February 28, resulted in the death of 97 Muslims by approximately a mob of 5000 people.
• 2002 – University of Maryland students following their team's victory in the 2002 NCAA tournament
• 2002 – Former military spies riot over their government pension
• 2002 – Ohio State University, Second Chittfest block party riot, April 21
• 2002 – 2002 Urso Branco prison riot,
• 2002 – May 2002 Belfast riots,
• 2002 – Short Strand Clashes,
• 2002 – Chinese textile worker riot,
• 2002 – Soccer hooligans light flares and clash with riot police at a game in Kiev, Ukraine.
• 2002 – Ohio State University post University of Michigan football game riot, November
• 2002 – Riot at Pavoncito Prison
• 2003 – Riot in Neos Marmaras against the EU-Summit, June 20,
• 2003 – Benton Harbor Riot, June
• 2003 – WrocÅ‚aw football riot 2003, March 30
• 2003 – Maldives civil unrest, September
• 2003 – Riot over bad policy during a SARS outbreak,
• 2003 – The Exploited Montreal riot, Montreal, Quebec, Canada October 14
• 2004 – Han–Hui riot,.
• 2004 – Boston, Lincolnshire, Croydon, and other UK towns. Fans rioted after England lost to France in their first game of the UEFA Euro 2004 group stage.
• 2004 – Urso Branco prison riot,
• 2004 - Kosovo Riot.
• 2004 – Chinese riot in response to a beating,
• 2004 – Citizens in Benghu riot in response to inflating prices and poor healthcare,
• 2004 – Farmers riot when their land is taken and given to real-estate companies,
• 2004 – Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final,
• 2004 – Rioters attack police station December 30
• 2005 – Dongzhou protest,
• 2005 – Macquarie Fields riots, February,
• 2005 – Cedar Revolution, February, Lebanon
• 2005 – Anti-Japanese riots, April
• 2005 – Riots in response to land taken for a power plant,
• 2005 – Riots over excessive pollution,
• 2005 – Perpignan ethnic violence, May, France
• 2005 – Riots during the Orange Order parade, July
• 2005 – Maldives civil unrest, August
• 2005 – Chinese worker riot, July. In 2005, the government admitted to 87,000 riots and demonstrations across China.
• 2005 – 2005 Belfast riots,
• 2005 – Street clashes in central Athens, September,
• 2005 – 2005 civil unrest in France, October
• 2005 – 2005 Toledo Riot, October
• 2005 – Anti-Muslim Riots of Mau, October, India
• 2005 – Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas, November
• 2005 – 2005 Cronulla riots, December
• 2005 – 2005 Birmingham race riots in Lozells,
• 2006 – Stanley Cup Western Conference Finals, May 2006, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• 2006 – Cartoon riots
• 2006 – 2006 Nuku'alofa riots, November 16
• 2006 – 2006 Dublin riots, February 25
• 2006 – San Bernardino punk riot, March 4 San Bernardino, California
• 2006 – 2006 labor protests in France, March–April,
• 2006 – Burj Khalifa riot
• 2006 – Hindu/Muslim Aligarh Riots, April
• 2006 – April 2006 Venezuela prison riot, April
• 2006 – 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
• 2006 – Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient
• 2006 – Riot over government response to a whistleblower,
• 2006 – Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence,
• 2006 – Riot over a land dispute,
• 2006 – 2006 protests in Hungary
• 2006 – The October 2006 Mangalore riots were a set of riots in Mangalore, India triggered after Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal attacked a Van which was transporting cows. Government imposed a curfew for a week. Two people were killed and up to 50 people were injured.
• 2006 – November 2006 Political Riots in Bangladesh. Violent clashes between the two major parties Bangladesh Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party including vandalism and arson attacks leave 40+ dead.
• 2006 – Copenhagen December Riot
• 2007 – Anti-immigrant riots,
• 2007 – 2007 – Guinea-Bissau riot
• 2007 – Chinese immigrants clash with riot police,
• 2007 – Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares,
• 2007 – 2007 Karachi riots
• 2007 – Bronze soldier riot
• 2007 – Muslim-Tibetan riot,
• 2007 – Muslim–Han riot
• 2007 – Romani riots
• 2007 – Georgian anti-government protests, September – December
• 2007 – Burmese anti-government protests
• 2007 – Riots in Villiers-le-Bel, France, November 25–30
• 2007 – Food riots in West Bengal
• 2007–2008 – Kenyan Presidential Election Riots
• 2008 – Striking dock workers clash with riot police at state-controlled Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports Greece, Jan 11+15
• 2008 – Protests in Serbia – Riots in Belgrade on embassies of countries recognizing the independence of Kosovo by Serbian nationalists.
• 2008 – Political crisis in Lebanon – Riots and engagements between Islamists and progressives.
• 2008 – Tibetan unrest, March 10 – June
• 2007–2008 – Food riots in India, Peru, Morocco, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Yemen, Guinea, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Senegal.
• 2008 – UEFA Cup Final riots in Manchester, United Kingdom
• 2008 – South Africa riots – Attacks on foreign nationals
• 2008 – Fishermen riots in Paris – French fishermen clashed with police as they protested over rising fuel costs
• 2008 – Fishermen riots in Brussels
• 2008 – Kamagasaki G8 Riots Osaka, June 2008
• 2008 – 2008 Guizhou riot in Guizhou, China
• 2008 – Kanmen riot in the coastal province of Zhejiang. According to the Ministry of Public Security, there were 87,000 riots and protests reported in 2005 and this number increases every year.
• 2008 – 2008 riot in Mongolia, following the legislative election
• 2008 – August 2008 Montreal North Riot
• 2008 – Riots throughout Greece after police shot dead a teenager.
• 2008 – Mangalore Church attacks : Riot erupted after Hindu extremist groups Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena attacked on Churches in Mangalore. Damaged the Churches and injured the people include Nuns.
• 2009 – Riots in Oslo, Copenhagen, London, Belfast, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities following the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.
• 2009 – Riot on January 13 in Riga, Latvia, after a peaceful demonstration of people, demanding parliament dissolution.
• 2009 – Ubudiah Mosque riots in Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia.
• 2009 – Icelandic riots
• 2009 – Rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland after St Patrick's Day on March 18.
• 2009 – Anti-government Riots,. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. hundreds of protesters injured. Thai Army were deployed on the streets of Bangkok and the State of Emergency was declared.
• 2009 – 2009 Iranian election protests
• 2009 – July 2009 Ãœrümqi riots in Ãœrümqi, China, July 5 --?
• 2009 – Riots in Pakistan's central Punjab, 8 dead.
• 2009 – Riots in Birmingham, United Kingdom when far-right activists clash with anti-racism protesters and local members of the Muslim and Afro-Caribbean community on August 8, 2009.
• 2009 – Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 30.
• 2009 – Arab protesters clashed with Israeli security forces during riots near Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.
• 2009 – Football riot in Å iroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 dead.

  2010s

2010

• 2010 - Times Square riots, New York City, NY, United States, 4 rioters shot, 54 arrested.
• 2010 – Prison riot in Venezuela, 8 dead.
• 2010 – Immigrants riots in Rosarno, Italy, 37 injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Nigeria between Muslim and Christian gangs, 992 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the 2010 Winter Olympics
• 2010 – 2010 Kyrgyzstani uprising, 85 dead.
• 2010 – Political protests in Thailand, 91 dead.
• 2010 – April 10 – Springfest Riot, Harrisonburg, Virginia, dozens injured; 30–35 arrested.
• 2010 – Riots in Indonesia, 3 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Kyrgyzstan, 5 dead
• 2010 – Riots in Santa Cruz, California.
• 2010 – Riots in Greece, 3 people killed.
• 2010 – Prison riot in Venezuela, 8 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in northeast India, 3 dead, 70 injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, 2 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Jamaica, 73 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Kyrgyzstan, at least 2000 dead.
• 2010 – Prison riot in Mexico, 28 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Bariloche, Argentina, 2 dead, 12 injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the 2010 G-20 Toronto summit, 1105 arrests
• 2010 – Prison riot in Venezuela, 6 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Indian Kashmir, at least 10 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Yemen, 2 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Panama, 1 dead, dozens injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Oakland, California after not-guilty verdict returned in Oscar Grant case.
• 2010 – Riots in Northern Ireland. Police estimate that million in damages were caused, and over 80 police officers injured by nationalist rioters.
• 2010 – Riots in Nigeria, at least 4 killed
• 2010 – Prison riot in Quebec, Canada, 2 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Indian Kashmir, 50 people killed in seven weeks of clashes with Indian forces.
• 2010 – Riots in Karachi, Pakistan, 90 dead.
• 2010 – Prison riot in Mexico, 14 dead.
• 2010 – Prison riot in Kazakhstan, at least 2 killed, 80 injured.
• 2010 – Farmers riot in Uttar Pradesh, India, at least 2 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Punjab province, Pakistan, 2 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Mozambique, 13 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Indonesia, 6 killed, 22 injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Afghanistan, 2 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Karachi, Pakistan, 17 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Ecuador, 3 killed, 50 injured.
• 2010 – Riots in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, 5 dead.
• 2010 – Prison Riots in Venezuela, 16 killed.
• 2010 – Belgrade anti-gay riot, 78 police officers and 17 civilians injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Karachi, Pakistan, at least 33 killed.
• 2010 – Prison riot in Haiti, 3 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Cross River State, Nigeria, at least 30 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Western Sahara, 11 dead.
• 2010 – Riot in Maranhão, Brazil, 18 dead.
• 2010 – Student riots in London, 14 injured, 35 arrested, Conservative head office damaged by protestors. Goldsmiths College's UCU issue statement in support of all demonstrators: "The real violence in this situation relates not to a smashed window but to the destructive impact of the cuts."
• 2010 – Riots in Haiti, 2 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, 2 dead.
• 2010 – Riots in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at least 25 people have been killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Ivory Coast, at least 3 killed.
• 2010 – More student riots in London. Twelve police officers were injured with six requiring hospital treatment. 43 protesters injured, and 26 arrests made. Several buildings were attacked, including the Treasury, the Supreme Court and Topshop. The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall car came under attack, smashing the window of the car and covered in paint.
• 2010 – Riots in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at least 3 killed.
• 2010 – Riots in Bangladesh, at least 3 killed and dozens more have been injured.
• 2010 – Ethnic riots in Moscow, Russia, 29 injured.
• 2010 – Riots in Ivory Coast, at least 20 people have been killed.
• 2010 – Riots in the Constitución neighborhood, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2010 – Riots in Tunisia, 1 dead and several people injured.
• 2010 – New park riots – pupils riot in a newly built park, several injured in Glasgow, Scotland

2011

• 2011 – Riots in Assam, Meghalaya, Northeast India, 4 dead.
• 2011 – Riots in Arusha, Tanzania, 2 dead and nine people injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Algeria, 2 dead and four hundred people injured in riots linked to food price increases and unemployment.
• 2011 – Riots in Tunisia, at least 219 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Jos, Nigeria, more than 30 people dead.
• 2011 – Riots in Tirana, Albania, 3 killed, 17 policemen and soldiers were injured, including three seriously, along with 22 civilians.
• 2011 – Riots in Lebanon, following the fall of Saad Hariri's government.
• 2011 – Riots in Egypt, at least 846 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria, 4 killed.
• 2011 – Prison riot in Sao Luis, Brazil, 6 dead.
• 2011 – Religious riot in Banten, Indonesia, at least 6 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Manama, Bahrain, at least 70 killed, 92 civilians, 2 security forces injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, two killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Al Hoceima, Morocco, 5 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Libya, at least 24 people killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Iraq, at least 13 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Yemen, 24 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Tunis, Tunisia, 3 killed.
• 2011 – Miners riot in Peru, at least 2 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, between Muslims and Christians, at least 13 people died and 140 were injured.
• 2011 – Riot in Kissidougou, Guinea, at least 3 dead.
• 2011 – Prison riot in Tikrit, Iraq, 2 dead, 14 wounded.
• 2011 – Riots in Syria, at least 60 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Sana'a, Yemen, 42 people had died and at least 300 were injured according to doctors.
• 2011 – Prison Riot in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 7 dead.
• 2011 – Riot in London, around 250 thousand people, initially a small protest.
• 2011 – Riots in Nigeria, at least 70 people have been killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Mazar-e Sharif and Kandahar, Afghanistan, at least 13 people have been killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Jessore, Bangladesh, 1 dead and at least 30 others injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, 2 killed and at least 15 wounded.
• 2011 – Prison riot in Rumieh prison, Lebanon, 2 dead.
• 2011 – Riot in Parwan province, Afghanistan, 1 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Uganda, at least 3 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Yemen, more than 100 people have died in two months of protests.
• 2011 – Riots in Jaitapur, Maharashtra, India, 1 killed, more than 50 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 1 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Dakar, Senegal.
• 2011 – Riots in Tyre, Lebanon, 2 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Mansa, Luapula Province, Zambia, 3 people were burned to death.
• 2011 – Riots in Nigeria, at least 500 killed in post-election rioting.
• 2011 – Riots in Kampala, Uganda, at least 5 dead and 100 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, between Muslims and Christians, 12 dead.
• 2011 – Riots in Hesarak District, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 1 killed, 3 wounded.
• 2011 – Riots on Israel's borders, at least 12 killed and dozens injured.
• 2011 – Riots in West Bengal, India, at least 8 people killed in post-election violence.
• 2011 – Riots in Taloqan, Takhar province, Afghanistan, at least 12 killed and 80 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Tbilisi, Georgia, 2 killed, 20 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Choucha refugee camp, Tunisia, at least 2 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Sri Lanka, 1 killed, at least 200 wounded.
• 2011 – Riots in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 4 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Metlaoui, Tunisia, 3 dead and 90 wounded.
• 2011 – Riots in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in El Rodeo I prison, Caracas, Venezuela, 19 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada after the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup.
• 2011 – Riots in Tripoli, Lebanon, at least 4 killed and at least 48 people wounded.
• 2011 – Riots, three separate outbreaks in June and July, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, over 300 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Huancavelica, Peru, 3 killed and more than 30 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Guwahati, Assam, India, 2 killed and at least 30 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Juliaca, Puno Region, Peru, at least 5 killed and 30 wounded.
• 2011 – Riots in Dadaab, Kenya, 2 killed and 13 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Karachi, Pakistan, at least 114 killed, including violence a week prior.
• 2011 – Riots in Ganjam, Odisha, India, at least 2 killed.
• 2011 – Riot in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, at least 7 killed in a prison riot.
• 2011 – Riot in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 7 killed in a prison riot.
• 2011 – Riot in Hotan, China, 4 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Homs, Syria, at least 30 killed in sectarian violence.
• 2011 – Riots in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, 1 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Malawi, at least 18 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 17 people killed in a prison riot.
• 2011 – Riots in Papua, Indonesia, 18 killed in rioting between rival clans.
• 2011 – Riots in Qalad District, Zabul province, Afghanistan, at least 4 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Pimpri-Chinchwad, India, 3 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in London which spread to other cities in England, over a hundred injured and 5 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Mogadishu, Somalia, at least 10 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Chile, scores of demonstrators and police injured, 1 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Hakkari province, Turkey, 1 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Jos, Nigeria, at least 22 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Sbeitla, Tunisia, 4 injured, 1 teenage girl killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, 3 killed and more than 1000 injured in anti-Israel protests.
• 2011 – Riots in Ambon, Indonesia, 5 dead and 80 injured in clashes between Christians and Muslims.
• 2011 – Riots in Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India, 7 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Ujjain, India, 2 killed and 16 injured in a religious riot.
• 2011 – Riots in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, at least 9 killed, over a dozen injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Katunitsa, Bulgaria, 2 dead, at least 6 injured in ethnic clashes.
• 2011 – Riots in Dakhla, Western Sahara, Morocco, 7 killed, at least 20 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Conakry, Guinea, at least 4 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, at least 24 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Darrang district, Assam, India, 4 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Papua, Indonesia, 1 killed, 5 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Athens, Greece, 1 died of heart attack, 16 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Monrovia, Liberia, at least 1 killed and several others wounded.
• 2011 – Riots in Nicaragua, at least 4 people killed in post-election violence and 46 officers have been injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Damietta, Egypt, 1 killed and at least 11 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, 33 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at least 1 dead.
• 2011 – Riots in Karachi, Pakistan, at least 2 killed and 8 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Zakho, Iraq, at least 30 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Canete, Peru, at least 1 killed and 20 injured.
• 2011 – Riot in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha, India, at least 1 killed and 2 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6 killed.
• 2011 – Riots in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, at least 11 people killed and 86 injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, at least 13 people killed and hundreds injured.
• 2011 – Riots in Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, at least 2 people were killed and 8 wounded.
• 2011 – Riots in Rome, at least 100 injured.

  2012

• 2012 – Riots in Uri, Indian Kashmir, India, 1 killed and 4 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, at least 50 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, several killed and 3 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Bahrain, at least 100 killed and dozens injured within 2011–2012.
• 2012 – Riots in Dakar and Podor, Senegal, 3 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Bangladesh, 4 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Port Said, Egypt, at least 74 killed and at least 1000 people injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Cairo and Suez, Egypt, 7 dead.
• 2012 – Riots in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, 1 killed and at least 6 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Chilaw, Sri Lanka, 1 killed and 4 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico, 44 killed in a prison riot.
• 2012 – Riots in Rustenburg, South Africa, 2 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Afghanistan, 23 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Songea, Tanzania, 2 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Aysén, Chile, 1 killed and several injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Macedonia, 2 killed and dozens wounded.
• 2012 – Riots in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, 3 killed and more than 30 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Turkey, 1 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Port Said, Egypt, 1 killed and 65 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Israel, West Bank and Gaza, 1 killed and scores injured.
• 2012 – Riots in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, at least 18 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, at least 17 killed and nearly 50 injured.
• 2012 – Riot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25000 protesters fired upon by police using water cannons and tear gas.
• 2012 – Riots in Cairo, Egypt, at least 20 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Tunis, Tunisia, 1 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Papua Province, Indonesia, 1 killed and 4 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 50 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Kaduna, Nigeria, more than 90 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Celendín, Peru, at least 3 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Potosi, Bolivia, 1 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, 2 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 2012 – Riots in Delhi, India, 1 killed and more than 85 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Linden, Guyana, at least 3 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Mérida state, Venezuela, at least 22 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Assam, India, at least 36 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Anaheim, California, several injuries and 24 arrested.
• 2012 – Riots in Nyala, Sudan, 6 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Zogota, Guinea, 5 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in Mumbai, India, 2 killed and at least 55 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in North West Province, South Africa, 9 killed.
• 2012 – Riots in North West Province, South Africa, 34 killed, 78 wounded.
• 2012 – Riots in Santa Fe Province, Buenos Aires Province, Tucumán Province. Argentina, 6 killed and 200 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 2012 – Project X Haren in Haren, Groningen, the Netherlands. Over 30 injured.
• 2012 – Riots in Mexico City caused by the 2012 Mexican general election
• 2012 – Rioting during the Belfast City Hall flag protests in Northern Ireland.
• 2012 – Chinese demonstration and riots during escalation of Senkaku Islands dispute
• 2012 - A long running series of protests and riots by farm workers in the Western Cape region of South Africa.
• 2012 – Wildcats supporters in Lexington, Kentucky

  2013

• 2013 – Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the flag protests. 29 police officers were hurt.
• 2013 – 2013 Bulgarian protests
• 2013 – Riots in Stockholm, Sweden
• 2013 – Riots in Bangladesh
• 2013 – Riots in Turkey
• 2013 - 2013 Anti–Sri Lanka riots in Tamil Nadu, India.
• 2013 – Riots in Brazil
• 2013 – Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland following July 12 parade and over several days. Dozens injured mainly Police Officers.
• 2013 – Riots in Shanshan County 27 people were killed in riots.
• 2013 – Riots in Huntington Beach, California, 1 injured.
• 2013 – Riots in Cape Town, South Africa
• 2013 – Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 9.
• 2013 – Riots in Singapore, 18 injured.
• 2013 – Riots in Trappes, France. After a police patrol stopped a woman for wearing an Islamic face-covering veil, her husband tried to strangle a police officer and he was arrested. His arrest was followed by three days of rioting by about 200 participants. In the aftermath, three people were convicted to jail stences from six to ten months.

  2014

• 2014 – Euromaidan in Ukraine, from November 21, 2013 – February 23, 2014. Protests and riots in Kiev, Ukraine.
• 2014 – Hrushevskoho Street riots, from January 19, 2014 – February 23, 2014. Kiev, Ukraine
• 2014 – January 20 Haredi rioted Brooklyn
• 2014 – February–May 2014: 2014 Venezuelan protests, 43 killed, 5000+ injured, 3,689 arrested.
• 2014 – Riots in Mombasa, Kenya after a raid on a mosque conducted by the police.
• 2014 – 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina The 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a series of demonstrations and riots that began in the northern town of Tuzla on February 4, 2014, but quickly spread to multiple cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar.
• 2014 – Zhengzhou Airport riot, February 5–6 in China.
• 2014 – Riots in Tampa, Florida After Cigar City Brewing Company prematurely ran out of beer at their annual release of their highly acclaimed Hunahpu's Imperial Stout, angry attendees began a small riot. Police were called to the scene and dispersed the angry crowd. The riot prompted the brewery's owners to cancel the event in the future. No lives were lost, but some injuries were reported.
• 2014 – Riots in Mexico caused by the 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
• 2014 – Riots in Ferguson, Missouri caused by the shooting of Michael Brown and charges against the accused officer being dropped.

2015

• April 11: 2015 South African xenophobic riots breakout first in Durban then spreading to Johannesburg, South Africa targeting foreign immigrants, 7 dead.
• April 26: 2015 Baltimore riots erupted in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in response to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.
• July: Three days of riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland following the July 12 parade.
• September 25: 100 Syrians and Afghans were fighting in a refugee station located in Leipzig, Germany during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festivities. 40 police vehicles were sent to calm the situation.
• December: 2015 Corsican protests follow the rise of Corsican nationalism and resulted in the burning of a mosque in Ajaccio and continuing protests.

  2016

• February: 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest
• February 27: Riots after the shooting of Abdi Mohamed in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
• March 13: Riot in Melbourne, Australia central business district: largely gang-related gunshots were reported in the night.
• May–June: A series of violent riots Melbourne, Australia between pro and anti-Islam protesters results in numerous acts of vandalism, injuries and arrests.
• May 25: Protesters outside a Donald Trump rally rioted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, injuring several police officers
• June 2: San Jose, California, Trump rally turns violent when protesters attacked supporters and one Police Officer was assaulted
• June 10–19: UEFA Euro 2016 riots throughout France.
• June 20–23: Riots in Tshwane, South Africa preceding national municipal elections. 5 dead and 54 arrested.
• August: 2016 Milwaukee riots
• August 30: Riots break out in Kalgoorlie, Australia after the Death of Elijah Doughty. 12 police officers injured and buildings and cars damaged.
• September: Kaveri River water dispute, India
• September: Riots in Charlotte, North Carolina caused by the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by a police officer.
• November: Protests in many major United States cities over the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Many protests lead to riots in various cities. Riots in Portland, Oregon resulted in at least 100 people arrested, and four people injured.

2017

• January 1–2: EÅ‚k riots in EÅ‚k, Poland after the murder of Daniel Rudnicki by workers of local Kebab shop after he stole two coke bottles.
• January 20: Sporadic rioting by anarchists in Washington D.C. during the Inauguration of Donald Trump, Leading to 234 arrests for rioting, and 6 officers needing medical attention.
• January 1–24: 2017 Brazil prison riots.
• February 20: Rinkeby riots in Sweden.
• February 27 – March 2: Dhaka, Bangladesh Transport Workers Riots. Transport workers paralyze the city in protest against a court verdict of a fellow worker, clashing with police, causing arson attack, torching of vehicles and other violence. Most violence were reported at the Gabtoli Intersection. One worker was killed after police forced to open fire.
• February 4–15 and March 27–28: 2017 French riots
• March 31, 2017 – August 12, 2017: 2017 Venezuelan protests, 165 killed, 15000+ injured, 4848 arrested.
• August 7: Rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• August 25–26: 2017 Northern India riots, following the rape conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of the cult Dera Sacha Sauda. 40+ people killed in violence by his followers.
• November 19: 50 people were fighting outside a discothèque in Cologne, Germany. 18 police vehicles came to stop the fighting. Several people were lightly wounded among whom were a police officer and one person was seriously wounded.
• November 2017: After the team of Morocco qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a 2–0 victory over Ivory Coast, the celebrations by the Moroccan community in Brussels turned into a riot with cars burnt and shops looted by some 300 rioters and 20 police officers injured. Firefighters sent to put out the fires were also attacked by the rioters.
• November 29 – December 10: Tegucigalpa, Honduras After a close election between Salvador Nasralla and Juan Orlando Hernandez the electoral body in Honduras still had no results days after the election, so protests against the government occurred, because the government was having reelection even though it is unconstitutional, at the beginning the opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla was winning by 5% but the system fell and 3 days after the reelecting president Juan Orlando Hernandez started to win, this led to protests all over the country which were repressed by the police that up to today are still occurring, until now there has been 34 deaths, between the riots the government declared curfew between 6 PM and 6 AM.

  2018

• February 1: Calais Migrant Riot: Violence between two groups of migrants, 100 Eritreans and 30 Afghans in Calais, France.
• April 2: Rioting in Derry, Northern Ireland, following an illegal republican march.
• May 1: Riots broke out in Paris, France when black bloc rioters damaged local businesses, a McDonald's and set fire to cars and a bulldozer.
• June 25: Riots in Nigeria between Muslim herders and Christian farmers. Total 86 dead.
• October 21: Violence between Christian and Muslim youths in Kaduna in Nigeria. Total 55 dead.
• October 23: Garments Workers Riots in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. 5 hour clash between agitated rioting garments workers and the police force, 35 injured, 9 vehicles vandalized including a lorry set on fire.
• November 26–27: Two-day riots broke out at USJ25, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, between two groups involving more than 10,000 people mostly Indian regarding the relocation of Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. Malay people were also involved by doing an ambush and demonstration causing racial misunderstanding. A team of 700 policemen including Federal Reserve Unit were deployed to Subang Jaya to control the situation. An evacuation of a hotel had been done. 106 people had been arrested. Some injuries were recorded. The developer premises had been vandalized by a group of rioters. Twenty-three vehicles had been set on fire, and a fire engine had been damaged by the rioters. A firefighter was heavily beaten by the rioters and was later warded in intensive care unit. The victim died on December 17, 2018.

  2019

• January 1: Four asylum seekers attacked passers-by of whom 12 were injured near the train station in Amberg, Germany. Members of the public fled into a shop and the shop assistant locked the door to stop the rioters from entering.
• January 14–17: Zimbabwe fuel protests erupt into national riots after a dramatic increase the price of fuel by the government, at least 12 deaths and over 600 people arrested.
• February 12: Riots in Haiti, 4 killed.
• February 23: A large street brawl involving 50 individuals took place in Upplands Väsby, Sweden Masked youth threw rocks at police and three were arrested for rioting.
• March 15–Present: 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
• April 8–11: Riots in Sudan.
• April 20, riots in Northern Ireland
• April 15, riots broke out in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Denmark, after Islam critic Rasmus Paludan staged a demonstration in the district. 23 people were arrested for a range of offences, from refusal to obey commands issued by police, arson and violence against police. Emergency services responded to 70 fires connected to the disturbances in Nørrebro, Nordvest, Christianshavn og Amager. About 200 people took part.
• 20 May: Riots in Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; Violent clashes between Anti Islamic demonstrators and counter demonstrators.
• 22 May: Riots in Jakarta, Indonesia; Peaceful protest from election results turned violent overnight.
• June 2, Deggendorf, Germany: asylum seekers attacked police at the refugee centre. Five police were wounded and six Nigerian nationals were arrested for disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm.
• June 3–5: Khartoum massacre in Sudan. 128 dead, over 650 injured.
• June 13: Riots in Memphis, in the US following the fatal shooting of Brandon Webber by the police.
• July 12: Paris and Marseille, France: after Algeria defeated Ivory Coast in the African football championships, riots broke out in Paris and Marseille. Supporters of the Algerian national team gathered on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The celebration in Paris turned into unrest where two shops were looted. Police used tear gas in Paris and Marseille to disperse the crowds.
• July 30: Prison riots in Northern Brazil, at least 50 dead.
• August 23: Left-wing protests against the 45th G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz degenerated into riots when participants started throwing rocks at police. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons. The rioters yelled "everybody hates the police" and "anti anti anti capitalists".
• August 21–September 5: Riots in Papua, Indonesia. Over 30 people dead.
• August 30–September 1: Riots in Glasgow, UK. Attack on Irish unity march by opposition and subsequent clash of both parties with the riot police.
• September 1–8: Xenophobic riots in Johannesburg primarily targeting African immigrants, sparked by the death of a taxi driver. At least 12 dead and over 680 arrested.
• September 23–30: Student protest in Jakarta, Indonesia turned into riots, spread nationwide. One student dead.
• October 1–9: Anti-Government riots in Iraq, at least 93 killed, over a 1000 injured.
• October 3–14: Riots in Ecuador, mass protests with protesters throwing bricks, causing arson attacks and clashing with riot police, the riots were said to be caused by fuel price hike. A State Of Emergency was issued. 8 people were killed during the course of the riots.
• October 18–Present: Mass protests with nationwide reach in Chile caused by public transport fares increasing. A State of Emergency was issued.
• October 20–22: Riots in Borhanuddin, Bangladesh due to an allegedly offensive Facebook post sent by a hacker. 4 dead.
• November 16–18: 8 killed, dozens injured in political riots in Bolivia
• November 25: Brawl between 100s of knife yielding youths turned into violent riots a movie theater in Birmingham, UK. Tasers were used to stop rioters, 4 rioters were arrested and 7 policemen were injured.
• December 20–26: Prison riots in Honduras, 37 killed.

  2020s

2020

• February 3–5: Riots in Lesbos, Greece, violent clashes between Afghan migrants and the Greek Police. Overcrowded refugee camps have been blamed for triggering the riots.
• February 23-March 1: North East Delhi riots in India, 53 killed.
• March 9: In the town of Novi Sanzhary in Ukraine, people started rioting due to the fear that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to kill the population.
• March 10: About 50 inmates escaped from Italian prisons as the coronavirus triggered riots and brought the country's criminal-justice system to a halt.
• March 11: Ohio: Riot breaks out following a university's announcement of a temporary closure due to COVID-19.
• March 13: In Italy, riots erupted in almost 50 prisons this month, leaving 13 inmates dead and 59 guards injured. Authorities said the inmates died of drug overdoses after raiding a prison infirmary.
• March 18: Riots rock overcrowded Lebanon prisons over coronavirus fears.
• March 21: In Israel, riots erupts after police limit entrance to Temple Mount.
• March 23: Prison riots in Colombia following Covid-19 panic. 23 killed.
• March 25: Prison riots break out across Argentina sparked by anger over conditions and coronavirus fears.
• March 25: A migrant-detention facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas experienced a series of riots committed by hundreds of foreign nationals.
• March 26: Prisoners Riot in Luxembourg Amid Restrictions on Visitors. Luxembourg's main prison erupted in violence overnight after about 25 inmates started rioting, forcing several police units to intervene.
• April 11: Prison riot in Siberia, Russia, prison set ablaze.
• May 26-Ongoing: Nationwide riots in the United States, after the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis, George Floyd, during arrest by a police officer placing his knee on the victim's neck. Protesters and the police clashed for several days, leaving 23 dead in or near riot or protest zones. Numerous incidents of property destruction and arson attacks took place during the rioting.
• June 11–17: 2020 Dijon riots
• June 20–21: Hundreds of people smashed shops in Stuttgart, Germany after police investigated an incident involving drugs. A dozen police were injured.
• June 29-July 4: Riots in Ethiopia over the death of a musician, 81 people killed.
• July 24: Riots in Satbayev, Kazakhstan, violent mob tried to lynch a man who was suspected of raping a 5 year old girl resulted in homes and police cars being damaged, police injured and 4 arrests.