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Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central LondonA Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990
Metropolitan Police officers, training on horsebackA group of Metropolitan Police officers on horseback, taking part in a training exercise with rioters. Date: circa 1990s
Policeman on horseback with an unruly crowdA policeman on horseback, trying to control an unruly crowd. Date: 20th century
POLICE RIOT TRAININGFour area TSG Metropolitan Police Officers shield training at the Hounslow public order training course, in full riot gear
FLORENCE RIOT 1921Rioters in Florence, Italy engage in a pitched battle with the police. Date: 1921
SUTTEE IN 1951When police at Rajadhar, India, try to prevent a widow from joining her husband on his funeral pyre, they provoke a riot Date: 1951
NOTTINGHAM RIOT 1865An election riot takes place in Market Square, Nottingham. Date: 1865
FOOD RIOT IN BERLIN 1915A riot over food supplies breaks out in wartime Berlin. Date: 1915
Provocative SwimwearAn angry Paris mob attack swimwear models wearing the latest revealing fashions. Date: 1932
FANCY PORTRAIT 1658Austrian archduke Leopold Wilhelm occupies only a tiny part of his portrait, a riot of figures which symbolise his interests and activities, to say nothing of his wife ! Date: 1658
RUSSIA / 1923 / BATUM RIOTThe Orthodox cathedral of Batum is converted into a cinema. Locals riot and destroy the screen and equipment. Date: 1923
CHOLERA / 1892 / ASTRAKHANIn the belief that doctors cause cholera, and that only God can cure it, the populace of Astrakhan riot. Date: 1892
1892 / CHOLERA RIOT / RUSSIAIn the belief that doctors cause cholera, and that only God can cure it, the populace of Astrakhan riot. Date: 1892
Demetrius starts a riot in EphesusDemetrius, a silversmith who makes shrines to Artemis (Diana), starts a riot in Ephesus against St Paul, crying Great is Artemis of the Ephesians, as described in the Acts of the Apostles
Lillie Bridge Sports Ground Riot, LondonRioters wreck Lillie Bridge Sports Ground when prize race is called off - the stadium ablaze Date: 1887
Rioting in the Provinces in France in 1851 Date: December 1851
Police escorting a cart during Dundee riots, ScotlandPolicemen escorting a cart to the docks during riots in Dundee, Scotland. Strikers trying to prevent the delivery of coal fought with the police and rioted: four constables were seriously injured
Anzac Hostel for soldiers, Cairo, EgyptThe Bourse Khediviale (Royal Exchange) in Cairo, Egypt - used as a Hostel for Australasian Troops (Anzac) fighting in WW1
RIOTS / BERLIN / 1848Riot at the barricade in Taubenstrase in Berlin Date: 18th March 1848
Belfast riots, 1921A page from the Illustrated London News, dated 10th September 1921, reporting on rioting in Belfast. An armoured car is shown on duty in Royal Avenue
Stock market crash, Vienna, 1873The failure of the stock exchange in Vienna, 9th May 1873. Date: 9th May 1873
Broadwater Farm Riots - London Fire BrigadeLondon Fire Brigade responding to fires caused by the rioting in the Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham, North London, on 6th October 1985
Wrecked train, Llanelli railway strike riots, WalesA troop train in Llanelli, Wales, wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed. What started out as a peaceful strike by railway workers in Llanelli turned
Debris following Llanelli railway strike riots, WalesNewspapers strewn over the railway lines, with a train in the background wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed
Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South WalesNumerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910
Nottingham / Castle BurnsNottingham Castle is burned down during a riot by crowds supporting reform
West End riots: mob in St James street, 1886A mob in St James Street, opposite the new university club. Following at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square
West End riots: ducking an unpopular speaker, 1886Ducking an unpopular speaker at an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square. The people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches
West End riots: shops looted by rioters, 1886Articles of plunder from shops, used as missiles during the 1886 West End riots. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square
West End riots: break up of Trafalgar Square meeting, 1886At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted
West End riots: shops damaged by rioters, 1886The damage caused by rioters to Messrs T. Goode and Co, a large china ware shop on South Audley Street, during the 1886 West End riots
Soldier with riot gearPhotograph: Soldier of the 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own) in riot gear, Cyprus, 1956.From an album of 101 photographs, with newspaper cuttings
Building damaged in a riot, Belfast, Northern IrelandBuilding with ground floor tobacconists shop, damaged in a riot in Belfast, Northern Ireland and boarded up with corrugated iron. Date: 1969
Damaged front door, Belfast, Northern IrelandFront door damaged in a riot, Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
Houses damaged in a riot, Belfast, Northern IrelandHouses damaged in a riot in Belfast, Northern Ireland. One house has the front door and ground floor window bricked up. Date: 1969
Austria 19th century. Labour movement. Charge of Austrian hussars against the strikers mutineers in the neighborhood of New-Lerchenfeld (Vienna), April 8, 1890. Colored engraving
Election Riot at HawickFights break out during an election riot in Hawick. Date: 19th century
Student Riot at Graz 07Austrian and Italian students clash at Graz, Austria. Date: 1907
Demo against ChamberlainDemonstration against the British politician Joseph Chamberlain during his visit to Dublin. Date: 1899
Latour Murdered / WienWar minister Count Latour is hanged from a lampost during the riots in Vienna Date: 1848
Bristol Riot / 1831 / DawsonIn Bristol, where only 6000 of the 104, 000 population had the vote in 1830, a crowd protest against the House of Lords defeat of the Reform Bill by burning 100 houses Date: 31 October 1831
Madrid Street Riot / 1868Liberal revolution in Spain: a street riot in Madrid Date: 1868
Indian nationalists riot at Calcutta, defying the authorities. Date: 1929
Naval Ratings in Bombay (Mumbai) Riots1000 Naval Ratings in Bombay (Mumbai) riot on 19th February 1946 in protest against a cut in pay and allowances. Date: 1946
Lillie Bridge Sports Ground Riot, LondonRioters wreck Lillie Bridge Sports Ground when prize race is called off - the first rush at the Grandstand Date: 1887
Squatter Sovereignty by Edward HarriganPromotional postcard for Squatter Sovereignty by Edward Harrigan, first produced at Harrigan and Harts Theatre, New York in 1882. Date: circa 1882
Railway strike 1911: Attempt to paralyse the port of LondonSeveral scenes where rioters are attacking wagons, buses and boats to cause damage and chaos. August 1911
Railway strike 1911: AftermathSeveral scenes in Liverpool where rioters have vandalised public property. Date: August 1911