List of Riots - 20th Century

20th Century

  • 1903 - Kishinev pogrom, (Kishinev, Russia, now in Moldova)
  • 1904 - Vaccine Revolt, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • 1905 - Hibiya Incendiary Incident, (Japan)
  • 1905 - Broome riots, (Australia)
  • 1905 - Bloody Sunday (1905), (St. Petersburg, Russia)
  • 1906 - Atlanta Riots, (Atlanta, United States)
  • 1907 - Bellingham riots, (Bellingham, Washington, United States)
  • 1908 - Springfield Race Riot, (Springfield, Illinois, United States)
  • 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)
  • 1911 - Llanelli Riot, (Wales), riot following Llanelli railway strike
  • 1913 - The Rite of Spring riot, May 29, 1913 (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France)
  • 1916 - Everett massacre, (Everett, Washington, United States)
  • 1917 - East St. Louis Riot, (St. Louis, Missouri & East St. Louis, Illinois, United States)
  • 1917 - Conscription Crisis of 1917, (Quebec, Canada)
  • 1917 - Houston Riot (1917), Houston, United States
  • 1918 - Rice Riots of 1918, (Japan)
  • 1919 - Winnipeg General Strike, (Winnipeg, Canada)
  • 1919 - Battle of Bow Street, (Bow Street, London, UK)
  • 1919 - May Day Riots, (Cleveland, United States)
  • 1919 - British race riots
  • 1919 - Red Summer, (United States)
  • 1919 - Chicago Race Riot, (Chicago, United States)
  • 1919 - Luton Peace Day Riots, Luton. United Kingdom
  • 1919 - Boston Police Strike, (Boston, United States)
  • 1919 - Elaine Race Riot, (Elaine, Arkansas, United States)
  • 1919 - Bloody Saturday, (Winnipeg, Canada)
  • 1920 - Nebi Musa riots, (British Mandate of Palestine, later Israel)
  • 1921 - Jaffa riots, (British Mandate of Palestine, later Israel, May 1–7, 1921)
  • 1921 - Tulsa Race Riot, (Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States)
  • 1921-22 - Moplah Riots, (Southern Malabar, British India, later India)
  • 1922 - Herrin Massacre, (Herrin, Illinois, United States)
  • 1923 - Hamburg Uprising, (Hamburg, Germany on October 23, 1923)
  • 1923 - Rosewood massacre, (Rosewood, Florida)
  • 1924 - Bhagalpur riots of 1924, (Bhagalpur, India)
  • 1929 - Hebron–Safed riots, (British Mandate of Palestine, later Israel)

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