Riot timeline

Reveillon riot

The Réveillon Riot occurred on 28 April 1789 in the St. Antoine district of Paris where a factory which produced luxury wallpaper was owned by... Read more

The Baltimore Riot of 1861

The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the Pratt Street Riot and the Pratt Street Massacre) was an incident that took place on April 19, 1861, in... Read more

Haymarket and May Day

On May 1, 1886, Chicago unionists, reformers, socialists, anarchists, and ordinary workers combined to make the city the center of the national... Read more

Palestine/Nabi Musa riots in Jerusalem

The 1920 Palestine riots, or Nabi Musa riots, were violent Arab pogroms against the Jews in Jerusalem. They took place under British rule through... Read more

Direct Action Day, Also Known as the "Great Calcutta Killing"

Direct Action Day, also known as the Great Calcutta Riot, was on 16 August 1946—a day of widespread riot and manslaughter in the city of Calcutta... Read more

Detroit Riot of 1967

The Detroit 1967 race riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion was a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan, that began in the early morning hours of... Read more

Riots Erupt at the Democratic National Convention

The 1968 Democratic National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August... Read more

'Police Riot' at the Democratic National Convention

August 28, 1968 came to be known as the day a “police riot” took place. The title of “police riot” came out of the Walker Report, which amassed a... Read more

Promotional "Disco Demolition Night" Devolves into Riot at Comiskey Park

Popular Chicago disc jockey Steve Dahl had been fired from local radio station WDAI when its programming shifted from album-oriented rock to an... Read more