Rioting Collection (page 2)

West End riots: shops damaged by rioters, 1886
The 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

Fighting Paris 1830
Armed to the teeth with chairs and axes, rioters invade the church of St Germain l Auxerrois, Paris, during the 1830 revolution. Date: 15 February 1831

Reveillon Riots
REVEILLON RIOTS. Guards try to suppress rioting crowds in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine who have been enraged by the remarks of the paper manufacturer Reveillon. Date: 28 April 1789

Indian nationalists riot at Calcutta, defying the authorities. Date: 1929

Naval Ratings in Bombay (Mumbai) Riots
1000 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, London
Rioters wreck Lillie Bridge Sports Ground when prize race is called off - the first rush at the Grandstand Date: 1887

Squatter Sovereignty by Edward Harrigan
Promotional postcard for Squatter Sovereignty by Edward Harrigan, first produced at Harrigan and Harts Theatre, New York in 1882. Date: circa 1882

Railway strike 1911: Aftermath
Several scenes in Liverpool where rioters have vandalised public property. Date: August 1911

The Lord Mayors Show- Dignity and Impudence, 1871
The Lord Mayors Show - Dignity and Impudence by Date: 1871

Land League Agitation: mob protests outside Cork Jail, 1887
The scene outside Cork County Jail on 18th September 1887: a mob from a National Land League meeting, with banners, a band of musicians and men armed with heavy clubs

Anti-Serbian riot in Sarajevo
Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, anti-Serbian rioting breaks out in Sarajevo

Serbian houses attacked
Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, anti-Serbian rioting breaks out in Sarajevo. Serbian owned houses and hotels are destroyed by angry crowds

Rioting at Lyon - 1
When president Carnot is assassinated by Italian anarchist Caserio, there is rioting in the streets of Lyon, where the Italian consulate is attacked. Date: June 1894

Riots in Clichy
Not-so-quiet days in Clichy : the 1 May holiday is the occasion for popular rioting directed at the government. Date: 1889

Ceylon riots map
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) riots plan 1915 Date: 1915

Riots in Constantine, Algeria, 1934
A road in Constantine, Algeria, after looting and bloody riots. From 3rd to 6th August 1934, intermittent rioting occurred in the Algerian city of Constantine between the Jewish

Food riot in Dungarvon
During the famine in Ireland a food riot breaks out in Dungarvon Date: 1846

Rioting in Dover
Bloody riots in Dover, Kent, follow the appointment of a Norman (Robert of Jumieges) as Archbishop of Canterbury by the pro-Norman King Edward the Confessor, which brought tensions between Saxons

Berlin Riots & Kaiser
German workers, rioting in Berlin, are cleared away by the police to allow the passage of Kaiser Wilhelm who rides by with an armed escort. Date: 1892

Double page spread in a diary for 15-20 March
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 15-20 March. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Chatham Prison Riots - Arrival of the Military
The Arrival of the Military at St Marys Convict Prison, St Marys Island, Chatham, to quell a disturbance amongst the inmates

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Lone soldier guards crossroads in Delhi - Partition in India
A lone soldier defends the cross-roads near the entrance to the Parharganj Bazaar, scene of some of the heaviest rioting in Delhi and where great destruction had been done to Muslim property

Refugees leave East Punjab to head to India
A heavily-laden bullock cart transporting an extended Sikh refugee family fleeing the communal rioting and additional violence in the East Punjab region associated with the Partition of India

Serbia - more Riots
King Milan I grants a new constitution, but this isn t enough to prevent rioting when election-time comes round

Rioting Miners - 4
The gendarmerie oppose the striking workmen of Seraing as renewed outbreaks inflame the minng districts

Rioting Miners - 3
Mademoiselle Gerard halts the revolting miners at the charbonnage du Hazard, at Charleroi : troops are called in and ten deaths result

Rioting at Lyon - 2
When president Carnot is assassinated by Italian anarchist Caserio, there is rioting in the streets of Lyon, where police have to protect an Italian cafe

Political Rioting
Cavalry are called in when anti-government rioting in Paris leads to an attack on the palais Bourbon

Rioting in Paris
Street fighting in Paris as dissatisfaction with the regime erupts into violence

Rioting in Rome
Angered by Pius IXs encyclical, Roman liberals demonstrate outside the popes palace

Rioting at Turin
Turin is the chief centre of the Risorgimento after 1860, so there are riots when Firenze/Florence is named as the capital of the newly united Italy

Naples Insurrection 2
Rioting against the ruling regime leads to bitter fighting in the streets of Naples

Bloody Sunday riot in Trafalgar Square
On 13th November 1887 a demonstration organised by the Social Democratic Federation and the Irish National League in Trafalgar Square in London turned into a riot after police

Wilkes Riots 1768
Scene in the streets of London during the Wilkes and liberty rioting, when enthusiastic Londoners demonstrate their support for the rejected radical MP

Bread Riot / London / 1815
Londoners riot in protest against the high cost of bread outside the entrance to Parliament, Westminster

Street fight in the Haymarket, London
A street fight in the Haymarket, in Central London

Financial Crash Rioting
The economic crisis caused by the Wall Street Crash leads to rioting in the streets

Strike in Valencia / 1931
A crowd of people try to overturn a tram during a general strike and rioting in Valencia

Stavisky Scandal Riots
The swindles of Alexandre Stavisky, who had important connections in 1930s France, succeeded in bringing down the government; the scandal sparked Paris rioting

Reform Riot, Hyde Park
The Reform League meeting in Hyde Park, London, dissolves into rioting as the crowd pull down railings on Park Lane; the police struggle to maintain control

Reform League Riot / 1866
Rioting during the Reform League demonstration in Hyde Park, London: the mob pull down the railings while the police struggle to maintain order

Bread Riots in Paris
LA GUERRE DES FARINES When grain crops are hit by disease, it leads to a bread shortage which in turn leads to rioting in Paris and other cities

Rioting in Vienna
Paris students demonstrate periodically against this, that or the other. With these medical students its something to do with the Assistance Publique

Charlottenburg Riots
At Charlottenburg, a gathering of democrats is broken up by the authorities

Rioting at Berlin - 2
Democratic rioters storm the Zeughaus (arsenal) at Berlin, where they will arm themselves

Rioting at Berlin
Lamp-posts topple, railings buckle, paving stones are uplifted, doors battered when democratic demonstraters attack a ministers residence in the Wilhelmstrasse

Paris Bread Shortage
Paris housewives queue at the door of a boulangerie, during a bread shortage which causes fierce rioting and upsets the government Date: November 1794

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