US Civil Unrest 1783-1899

92 events1783 – Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783, soldiers had not been paid.

1786 – Shays' Rebellion Massachusetts over taxes imposed.

1786 -  Paper Money Riot, NH over hyperinflation.

1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, NYC protest grave robbing.

1791–  Whiskey Rebellion, PA excise tax on whiskey.

1799 – Fries Rebellion, PA Tax revolt.

1824 - Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Riots, Providence, RI whites attacked blacks.

1829 – Cincinnati riots of 1829, whites attacked blacks.

1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion, VA, blacks killed whites.

1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, NYC demand that blacks be deported.

1835 – Baltimore bank riot, MD depositors protest bank failure.

1835 – Gentleman's Riot, Boston MA pro-slavery vs anti-slavery.

1835 – Snow Riot, Washington D.C., whites attacked blacks

1835–  Toledo War, Michigan vs Ohio boundary dispute.

1836 – Cincinnati Riots of 1836, OH blacks vs Irish

1837 – Flour Riots, New York City inflation caused food riots

1839 – Honey War, Iowa-Missouri border dispute

1839 – Anti-Rent War, New York

1841 – Dorr Rebellion, RI only land owners could vote.

1841 -  Cincinnati Riots of 1841, unemployed whites vs blacks

1842 – Lombard Street Riot, PA Abolition Riots.

1842 – Muncy Abolition riot of 1842 PA pro-slavery vs anti-slavery.

1844 – Philadelphia Nativist Riots, PA anti-Catholic.

1849 – Astor Place riot, May 10, New York City, (anti-British)

1851 – Christiana Riot, PA anti-slavery, protest slave capture.

1851 – San Francisco Vigilance Movement, CA reaction to crime.

1853 – Cincinnati Riot of 1853, OH anti-Catholic protest

1855 – Cincinnati riots of 1855 anti-German immigrant, anti-slavery.

1855 – Lager Beer Riot, Chicago, Illinois prohibition.

1855 – Portland Rum Riot, Portland, Maine prohibition

1855 – Bloody Monday, Louisville, KY anti-immigration.

1855 – Detroit brothel riots, 1855-1859, attempt to close brothels.

1856 – Pottawatomie massacre, KS pro-slavery vs anti-slavery.

1856 – Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, Baltimore, Maryland protesting an election.

1856 – San Francisco Vigilance Movement, (anti-immigrant)

1857 – Know-Nothing Riot, June 1, Washington D.C. (anti-immigration)

1857 – New York City Police Riot, mayor replaced entire police department

1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, gang fight in New York

1858 – San Luis Obispo Vigilance Committee, CA lynching to create safe communities

1858 – Know-Nothing Riot 1858, New Orleans, LA vigilantes occupied courtroom.

1859 – John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, abolitionists armed former slaves.

1861 – Baltimore Riot of 1861, MD anti-war vs militia.

1861 – Camp Jackson Affair, MO Union vs Confederates 28 dead, 100 injured, St. Louis.

1862 – Buffalo riot of 1862, NY dock worker pay dispute.

1863 – Detroit race riot of 1863, MI anti-draft.

1863 – Southern bread riots, April 2, Riots food shortages

1863 – Battle of Fort Fizzle, anti-draft.

1863 – New York City draft riots, NY anti-draft.

1864 – Charleston Riot, union deserters freed by Illinois judge.

1866 – Memphis Riots of 1866, white police attack black community.

1866 – New Orleans riot, white Democrats attack black Republicans

1868 – Pulaski Riot, TN black massacre.

1870 – First New York City Orange Riot Irish Protestants vs Irish Catholics

1870 – Kirk-Holden war, NC KKK vs NC Militia.

1870 – Mamaroneck Riot, labor riot between Italian and Irish laborers

1871 – Second New York City Orange Riot Irish Protestants vs Irish Catholics

1871 – Meridian race riot of 1871, MS KKK vs Police

1871 – Los Angeles anti-Chinese riot, CA white mob vs Chinatown

1873 – Colfax massacre, Colfax, LA 150 blacks killed

1874 – Election Riot of 1874,  Alabama white Democrats vs black Republicans

1874 – Tompkins Square Riot, NYC unemployment.

1874 – Battle of Liberty Place, New Orléans LA 5000 Confederate veterans battle militia.

1876 – South Carolina civil disturbances of 1876, white Democrats vs black Republicans

1877 – Great Railroad Strike of 1877: wage cuts 1873 depression.

1877 - Baltimore railroad strike MD wage cuts. 1873 depression

1877 - Chicago railroad strike of 1877, IL Communist inspired riot.

1877 - Philadelphia Railroad Strike, PA strikers battle militia.

1877 - Pittsburgh Railway Riots, in Pittsburgh, PA railroad strike

1877 - Reading Railroad massacre, Reading, PA railroad strike.

1877 - Saint Louis general strike, East St. Louis, Illinois, Communist led.

1877 - Scranton General Strike, in Scranton, PA, wage cuts.

1877 - Shamokin uprising, Shamokin, PA strike over company store prices

1877 – San Francisco Riot of 1877 whites attack Chinatown

1880 – 1880 Garret Mountain May Day riot, Paterson, NJ Catholics vs rowdy drunks.

1884 – Cincinnati riots of 1884, jury rules manslaughter instead of murder.

1885 – Rock Springs massacre, WY Riot between Chinese miners and white miners. 28 killed, 15 injured,

1886 – Seattle riot of 1886, Seattle, WA Marxist union tries to expel Chinese workers.

1886 – Haymarket riot, Chicago IL union rally bombed.

1886 -  Bay View Massacre, Milwaukee WI union vs national guard, 7 killed,

1888 – Jaybird-Woodpecker War, 1888–90, between Democrat factions in Texas.

1891 – Hennessy Affair, New Orleans, LA Italian Americans lynched after mistrial.

1892 – Homestead strike, PA steel workers vs Pinkertons. Union petition defeated.

1892–  Mitcham War, Alabama Farmers vs Merchants over political representation.

1894 – May Day riots of 1894, Cleveland, OH unemployed riot.   

1894 – Pullman strike Chicago, Illinois, wages and company store prices.

1894 – Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike, coal mining regions

1895 – New Orleans dockworkers riot, white union vs black non-union.

1897 – Lattimer massacre, Hazleton PA union minors vs non-union immigrants.

1898 -  Battle of Virden, IL Coal strike 11 killed, 35 wounded,

1898 – Wilmington insurrection NC black area homes destroyed.

1899 - Pana riot, IL Coal mine labor conflict, 7 killed, 6 wounded,

1899 – Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899 miner’s union attempt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader