Riots Collection (page 2)

RACE RIOTS / SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco race riots: attacks on Asian shopkeepers Date: 1908

Evil May Day, the protest against foreigners living in London. Apprentices attacked foreign residents. Some of the rioters were later hanged. Date: 1517

UPRISING AT FRANKFURT A premature attempt to establish constitutional government in Germany leads to riots at Frankfurt but is quashed by the authorities Date: 3 April 1833

The annual celebration of the Relief of Derry, attracted a large group of nationalist protesters in Londonderry, commemorate the events in 1689 when a 105 day siege of the city by Jacobites was

National Guard camping in the Luxembourg Gardens
Units of the National Guard camping in the Luxembourg Gardens, during manoevres in preparation for forthcoming action against the Prussians or the Republicans. Date: 9-10 May 1870

NOTTINGHAM RIOT 1865
An election riot takes place in Market Square, Nottingham. Date: 1865

FOOD RIOT IN BERLIN 1915
A riot over food supplies breaks out in wartime Berlin. Date: 1915

Riots in Paris, 1870
Citizens fleeing from the barricade they have erected out of overturned carriages as troops pour over the top during pre-Commune riots in Paris Date: May 1870

Lillie Bridge Sports Ground Riot, London
Rioters 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

Children play with policeman in a block of flats in Brixton
Small children play with a policeman outside a block of flats in Brixton, South London. Part of a feature following the riots in the area in 1985. Date: 1986

Police escorting a cart during Dundee riots, Scotland
Policemen 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

West End riots, 1886 - A friend of the working man
Unemployed men debating the issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

Cardiff Strike - Policemen - Tonypandy Riots
Cardiff Strike - London Policeman brought in to aid management of rioting miners. The Tonypandy Riots, sometimes known as the Rhondda Riots

RIOTS / BERLIN / 1848
Riot at the barricade in Taubenstrase in Berlin Date: 18th March 1848

Liverpool General transport Strike 1911
Most of the summer of 1911, dockers, railway workers and sailors, as well as people from other trades went on strike, paralysing Liverpools commerce. Transforming trade unionism and Merseyside

Belfast riots, 1921
A 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

Algeria (1960). French soldiers on the Kasbah of Algiers streets after the riots of the previous day (12th December 1960)

Broadwater Farm Riots - London Fire Brigade
London 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, Wales
A 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, Wales
Newspapers 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 Wales
Numerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910

West End riots: mob in St James street, 1886
A 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, 1886
Ducking 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, 1886
Articles 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, 1886
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, and rioted

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

West End riots, 1886 - a crowd
A crowd of unemployed men debating ths issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

West End riots, 1886 - What do you think?
three unemployed men debating the issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

West End riots, 1886 - speaker address an audience
An " earnest orator" sketched at the West End riots in 1886. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalagar Square

West End riots, 1886 - a two men in discussion
Two men in discussion, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

William Chambers Jr, part of the land owning Chambers family of Wales. An active JP, he played a major role in suppressing the Rebecca Riots 1839 - 1843

Election Riot at Hawick
Fights break out during an election riot in Hawick. Date: 19th century

Student Riot at Graz 07
Austrian and Italian students clash at Graz, Austria. Date: 1907

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

Latour Murdered / Wien
War minister Count Latour is hanged from a lampost during the riots in Vienna Date: 1848

Camp in St James Park
Encampment, St Jamess Park, of troops brought in to quell the disturbances caused by the Gordon Riots. Soldiers relax with civilians amidst rows of tents, flags & stacks of drums Date: August 1780

Lrd George Gordon / Kirby
LORD GEORGE GORDON Anti-Catholic fanatic and President of the Protestant Association, who led the Gordon Riots Date: 1751 - 1793

George Gordon / De Fleur
LORD GEORGE GORDON Anti-Catholic fanatic and President of the Protestant Association, who led the Gordon Riots Date: 1751 - 1793

Lrd George Gordon / Hinton
LORD GEORGE GORDON Anti-Catholic fanatic who led the Gordon Riots Date: 1751 - 1793

Cj Fox / Cook / Hoppner
CHARLES JAMES FOX British statesman with a scene from the Gordon Riots below Date: 1749 - 1806

Lord George Gordon / 1780
LORD GEORGE GORDON Anti-Catholic fanatic who led the Gordon Riots Date: 1751 - 1793

Bordj Bou-Nafa, powder store, Fez (Fes), Morocco
Bordj Bou-Nafa, an old powder store in Fez (Fes), Morocco, showing damage from bombardment during riots in 1912. Date: circa 1912

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

Railway strike 1911: Magistrate reading the riot act
Magistrate reading the riot act in Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, during the mobs attack on prison-vans. Saying: " Our Sovereign Lord the King Chargeth

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

Sweeping up flour after attack on German bakery, WW1
Sweeping up the remains of flour emptied in the street by the crowd after an attack on a German bakery in East India Dock Road

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

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