Riots Collection (page 3)

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

Armenian boy scouts at refugee camp, Egypt
Armenian boy scouts blowing cook house at the Armenian refugee camp, Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt. The camp was formed during the Egyptian Riots of June 1919

The Eagle hut disturbance, 1919
Soldiers, sailors and civilians retiring from Bow Street police station following a riot where a crowd of around 1000 had protested at the arrest of two American soldiers

Front cover of The Illustrated London News, 1843
The front cover of The Illustrated London News, dated 29th July 1843. The wreck of the ship Pegasus is pictured, and the news on the Rebecca riots in south Wales are reported on. Date: 1843

Page from The Illustrated London News, 1843
A page from The Illustrated London News, dated 29th July 1843. The steamer Pegasus is reported to have been wrecked on Goldstone rock, off Lindisfarne, while plying between Leith and Hull

Lusitania anti-German riots
Chrisp Street anti-German Lusitania riots and break in at A. Schoenfelds tobacco and cigar store, Poplar, east end of London. Date: 1915

Calvinists in Antwerp
A Calvinist demonstration leads to riots in the streets of Antwerp. Date: 14 March 1567

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

China - Jiujiang - HMS Gnat - March 1920
Jiujiang (formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang) a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, Peoples Republic of China

Spain (1869). Glorious Revolution. Barcelona

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

Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
One of the coal-carrying trucks in Llanelli, Wales, which rioters wrecked during the railway strike. 1911

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

Strasbourg Riots
Not to be outdone by the Parisians, the citizens of Strasbourg riot against their authorities and destroy the Hotel de ville. Date: 19 July 1789

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

Workers Riots in Berlin
German workers riot in Berlin in the evening (presumably after doing a days work) hurling sticks, stones & other missiles while police charge with swords raised. Date: 25 February 1892

Paris Riot Church Raid
The church of Saint-Joseph in Paris is sacked by anarchist rioters: alters were smashed, pictures trampled under foot & a bonfire made of the chairs. Date: 1899

Bread Riots, Milano
BREAD RIOTS IN MILANO The cost of bread, the lack of work, and general dissatis- faction bring the people out : the police are unable to prevent widespread looting Date: May 1898

Looting in Leipzig / 1923
Riots break out in Leipzig when the unemployed loot the city centre. Date: 1923

Stalybridge riot 1863
A company of Hussars arrive from Manchester to support the local police, who have armed themselves with cutlasses, in quelling disturbances on the streets of Stalybridge

Double page spread in a diary for 12-17 August
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 12-17 August. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

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 - The Mess-house
The Mess-house at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham - where a riot broke out in early March 1861

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

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

Chatham Prison Riots - Interior of the Prison
The interior of St Marys Convict Prsion at Chatham, scene of riots amongst inmates in March 1861

The riots in the cotton districts
A page from the May 1878 Illustrated London News, detailing the cotton riots in Lancashire, which were the response to a proprosed 10% reduction in workers wages

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

Bloody Sunday Riot - Parliament Street 1887
Bloody Sunday, London, 13th November 1887, the name given to a demonstration against coercion in Ireland and to demand the release from prison of MP William O Brien

1914 Pat-Riots, 1915 Patriots
Cartoon showing how Ireland was on the verge of civil war in 1914, but how joining up to fight instead during World War One transformed them into good and obedient British patriots! Date: 1915

Paris Riots
The Mailottins of Paris are just one of the popular uprisings throughout France, demanding fiscal reform : 13- year old Charles VI rides out to meet the rioters

San Sebastian Riots
It takes some doing to tip a tram on its side, but rioters in San Sebastian manage it, though just what it proves is not altogether clear

Riots in Brussels - 1
Barricades in the streets of Brussels as the Belgians seek independence from Holland

Riots in Croatia
Just who will rule Croatia is much disputed, leading to riots such as these at Agram : eventually count Khven- Hedervary will be installed as Ban of Croatia

Warsaw Riots - 2
When a patriotic demonstration demanding reform is held before the viceregal castle, Warsaw, the Russians disperse it with great brutality and many deaths

Riots in Brussels - 2
Barricades in the streets of Brussels as the Belgians seek independence from Holland

Warsaw Riots - 3
The midnight funeral of one of the victims of the Russians on 8 April, at St Roch hospital, Warsaw

Riots in Brussels - 5
Dutch troops are sent to Brussels with the intention of quashing those uppity folk who want to set up a Belgium independent from Holland

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

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