Seventeenth Century and Earlier
- 44 BC - Assassination of Julius Caesar (Rome, Roman Republic). 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.
- 40 - Riots erupted in Alexandria (Roman Egypt) between Jews and Greeks.
- 532 - Nika riots, (Constantinople, Roman Empire). Deadliest riots in world history, with an estimated 30,000 killed in the Hippodrome.
- 1182 - (Constantinople, Roman 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 two years.
- 1355 - St. Scholastica riot, (Oxford, England)
- 1517 - Evil May Day, (London, England)
- 1648 - Salt Riot, (Moscow, Russia)
- 1662 - Copper Riot, (Moscow, Russia)
- 1668 - Bawdy House Riots, London, England
- 1692 - Mexico City
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