Bad relations between England and Flanders brought hard times to the shepherds scattered over the dales and downs as well as to the crowded Flemish cities, and while the English, so far, had done no more than grumble, Othon had seen what the discontent might lead to, for before he left the Low Countries the citizens of Ghent had risen in protest against the expense of supporting Edward and his troops, and the regular soldiers had found it unexpectedly difficult to put down the nasty little riot that ensued.

A three day riot broke out in Rome between the people and the Praetorians, and it only ended with the death of Ulpian, who was hunted down and killed at the feet of the Emperor.

" Tension and feelings ran so high that a riot was narrowly averted as police stationed themselves between the players and enraged spectators.

In December 1952, a riot broke out in Casablanca over the murder of a Tunisian labor leader ; this event marked a watershed in relations between Moroccan political parties and French authorities.

* 1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.

The house was gutted by between 50-60 riot police officers 5 days later and arrested the 15 squatters after they had barricaded themselves inside and resisted for over 2 hours.

* August 28 – 30 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot: Tensions between African American residents and police lead to 341 injuries and 774 arrests.

* August 22 – The Yangzhou riot in China targets a station of the China Inland Mission, and nearly leads to war between Britain and China.

* In the Tang Dynasty Chinese capital of Chang ' an, a powerful court eunuch orders 50 wrestlers to arrest 300 commoners over a land property dispute in Northwest Chang ' an, whereupon a riot breaks out in the streets between the grapplers and the citizens.

By this time they had started to build a sizeable following in Manchester, and their first gig in the North of England at Clouds in Preston attracted a large audience, but descended into a riot after technical problems and friction between the bands on the bill.

Trouble once again erupted in the town, when England were knocked out of the 2006 world cup by Portugal, and there were clashes between riot police and fans from England and Portugal.

In 2002, a gang was indicted for spreading a riot between federal penitentaries using coded telephone messages, and messages in invisible ink.

His actions caused a riot in the Temple and led to a brief civil war that ended with a bloody repression of the Pharisees, although at his deathbed the king called for a reconciliation between the two parties.

Uvaldia Georgia July 4, 1910-Three negroes are dead and a number are wounded as the result of a race riot between negroes at a crosstle camp and whites of this city tonight.

The group members liked the tension between that word, and the rudeness and aggression of the word “ riot ”.

Because of the disproportionate number of deaths between whites and blacks, and documented accounts that at least 50 black prisoners were executed while under control of the white militia, 20th-century historians redefined the " riot " as a " massacre.

In August 1925, a Sudbury farm was the scene of a riot between local members of the Ku Klux Klan and Irish-American youths from the area.

On January 1, 1844, a riot between the warring factions broke out in Siegel's boarding house at the corner of Washington and Warren Streets.

In the August 1975, interracial tensions between blacks and whites erupted in a riot that resulted in broad vandalism and burnt buildings and shops particularly in the southern and western portions of the town, finally brought under control by State Guard troops.

Mid 1860s skirmish between Navasotan disgruntled freedmen and Confederate veterans broke out in the Brazos Bottoms near Millican, after a race riot there threw the whole region into a panic.

Werner Bergmann proposes that " y the collective attribution of a threat, the pogrom differs from forms of violence, such as lynching, which are directed at individual members of a minority, while the imbalance of power in favor of the rioters distinguishes pogroms from other forms of riot ( food riots, race riots, or ' communal riots ' between evenly matched groups ), and again, the low level of organization separates them from vigilantism, terrorism, massacre and genocide ".

Historically, riots have occurred due to poor working or living conditions, governmental oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between ethnic groups, food supply or religions ( see race riot, sectarian violence and pogrom ), the outcome of a sporting event ( see football hooliganism ) or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.

The riot movement began between the 19th and the 20th century.

In 1377 the reformer appeared before Archbishop Sudbury and Courtenay, when an altercation between the duke and the bishop led to the dispersal of the court, and during the ensuing riot Lancaster probably owed his safety to the good offices of his foe.

A riot took place in August 2000, when about 2, 500 students clashed with police at a block party at the Forest Hills townhouse complex on Village Lane.

* February 5 – Nearly 2, 000 students become involved in a racially charged riot at Escambia High School in Pensacola, Florida ; 30 students are injured in the 4-hour fray.

** Hard Hat riot: Unionized construction workers attack about 1, 000 students and others protesting the Kent State shootings near the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street and at New York City Hall.

While most Ole Miss students did not riot prior to his official enrollment in the university, many harassed Meredith during his first two semesters on campus.

This happened at the University of Paris strike of 1229 after a riot ( started by the students ) left a number of students dead ; the University went on strike and they did not return for two years.

The granaderos ( riot police ) were used by the Mexican government to control and suppress the student demonstrators and they were first used against the students in July 1968.

However, the riot police assaulted numerous students and teachers in the process of clearing Vocational School # 5.

After a riot led by students from Bart ’ s Hospital in 1869, locals complained about the Barn ’ s increasingly riotous and bawdy clientele.

The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn during conflict between Panamanian students and Canal Zone Police officers, over the right of the Panamanian flag to be flown alongside the U. S. flag.

In 1266 he was attached to the Faculty of Arts in the University of Paris at the time when a riot erupted between the French and Picard " nations " of students — a series of loosely organized fraternities.

The students of Trinity College perform Randolph's The Jealous Lovers and Hausted's The Rival Friends, the latter causing a theatrical riot and subsequent scandal.

In an effort to quell the student unrest, which had led to clashes with riot police, Alia met with the students and agreed to take further steps toward democratization.

On May 8, 1970, near the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street and at New York City Hall a riot started when about 200 construction workers mobilized by the New York State AFL-CIO attacked about 1, 000 high school and college students and others protesting the Kent State shootings, the American invasion of Cambodia and the Vietnam War.

In the largest such instance, on May 11, 1993, Chicano students at University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA ) caused damage to the Faculty Center estimated between $ 35, 000 to $ 50, 000 during a riot which ensued following the university administration's rejection of the creation of a Chicano Studies program, an announcement that was made on the eve of César Chávez's funeral.

Jobs and Wozniak are shown caught on the campus during a riot between students and police.

In 1968, when students protested against the lack of black faculty and black-oriented courses, the university expelled 94 students, mostly black, after using baton-wielding riot police to arrest them.

On 7 May 1945, the day before V-E Day, celebrating unionist students in Trinity College Dublin raised the flags of the victorious Allies over the college ; when onlookers in College Green began jeering, some took down the flag of neutral Ireland, set fire to it and tossed it away, provoking a small riot.

Back to the academic career while maintaining formally important political functions such as executive president of the National Union, Caetano was the 9th Rector of the University of Lisbon from 1959 on, but the Academic Crisis of 1962 led him to resign after protesting students clashed with riot police in the university's campus.

The students were met by UC Berkeley police and Alameda County sheriff's deputies in riot gear.

A second altercation occurred in the evening when students joined arms and chanted " hold the line " and " the whole world is watching " while police approached with riot batons and bean-bag guns.

MC5 performed a set before the 1968 Democratic Convention held at International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois where an infamous riot subsequently broke out between police and students protesting the recent assassination of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Vietnam War.