List of incidents of civil unrest in France

This is a list of incidents of civil disorder that have occurred France since the 13th century, including riots, strikes, violent labor disputes, minor insurrections, and other forms of civil unrest.

According to one dataset, there were 8,516 rebellions in France over the period 1661–1789.

13th century 1229: 1229 University of Paris strike, riots at the University of Paris that resulted in a number of student deaths and reforms of the medieval university. 1251: Shepherds' Crusade, attacks on monasteries, universities and Jews. 1257: Revolt in Marseille 1261: Revolt in Marseille 1270: Tax revolt in Cahors 1274: Revolt in Limoges 1276: Revolt in Limoges 1281: Revolt in Rouen 1292: Tax revolt in Rouen

14th century 1307: Revolt in Paris 1309: Crusade of the Poor in northern Europe and notably Picardy, Avignon and Marseille 1320: Shepherds' Crusade, widespread violence in France and Aragon 1338: Peasant revolt near Laon 1347: Tax revolt in Rouen 1351: Tax revolt in Rouen 1358: Jacquerie peasant revolt in northern France 1364: Peasant revolt near Toulouse 1378–1384: Tuchin revolt in southern France 1378–1382: Tax revolts across France, including the Harelle and Maillotins uprisings in Rouen and Paris

15th century 1407–1435: Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War 1413: Cabochien revolt in Paris 1418: Revolt in Châlons-en-Champagne 1418: coup d'état and massacres in Paris 1440: Praguerie, a noble rebellion 1465: League of the Public Weal, a noble rebellion 1485–1488: Mad War, a noble rebellion

16th century 1505: Riot in Nîmes 1506: Riot in Carcassonne 1507: Riot in Nevers 1514: Tax revolt in Agen 1516: Riot in Laval 1519: Revolt in Libourne 1521: Peasant revolt in Lantriac and Velay 1521: Grain riots in Aix, Marseille and Tarascon 1522: Revolt in Meaux 1522: Grain riots in Beauvais and Tours 1523: Revolt of Captain Montélon in Ile-de-France 1525: Riots in Romans 1526: Riots in Dijon 1526–1527: Peasant riots in Sarladais 1528: Wine tax revolt in Bordeaux 1529: in Lyon, riots in Dijon and Troyes 1535: Riot in Foix 1536: Peasant revolt in Provence, tax riot in Le Puy 1537: Fighting between gendarmerie and commons in Albi 1539: Gabelle salt tax revolt in Bordeaux, tax riot in Vermandois 1539–1542: Strikes over printers' wages in Lyon and Paris 1542: Gabelle revolt in La Rochelle, riots in Rouen and Tours 1544: Revolt over taxes and religion in Saint-Maixent 1545: Tax revolts and riots in Niort, Saintes, Périgueux, St Foy, Duras, Rouen and Comminges 1545: Mérindol massacre 1545–1546: Religious agitation across France 1545–1547: Riots in Vitry over real estate speculation 1548–1549: Revolt of the Pitauds in south-west France 1552: Revolt in Nay 1553: Riots in Le Puy 1554: Peasant revolt in Normandy 1560: Amboise Conspiracy, a failed attempt by Protestant nobles and ministers to seize the King. 1560: Maligny Affair: an abortive Protestant uprising in the city of Lyon, backed by nobles and ministers including John Calvin. 1561: Saint Médard Riot, a violent religious action in Paris that saw a church seized and more than ten killed. 1562–1598: French Wars of Religion 1562: 1562 Riots of Toulouse, a series of events that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the Roman Catholic Church in violent clashes that ended with the deaths of between 3,000 and 5,000 citizens of the French city of Toulouse. 1572: St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. 1588: Day of the barricades, an uprising by the radical Catholics against the more moderate Henry III. 1593–1595: Croquant rebellions in south-west France

17th century 1620: Battle of Ponts-de-Cé, a rebellion by Marie de' Medici is defeated by King Louis XIII. 1620–1629: The Huguenot rebellions, a series of southern revolts in part led by Henri, Duke of Rohan in response to increasing reversals of the Edict of Nantes. 1624: Peasant rebellion in Quercy 1632: Battle of Castelnaudary, a rebellion by Gaston, Duke of Orléans is defeated by royal forces. 1635–1637: Croquant rebellions in south-west France 1638–1642: Croquant rebellions in south-west France 1639: Revolt of the va-nu-pieds, a rebellion in Normandy 1643: Croquant rebellions in Rouergue 1645: Tax revolt in Montpellier 1648–1653: The Fronde, a wave of revolts against the young Louis XIV. 1650: Croquant rebellions in Limousin 1655–1657: Tardanizat rebellion in Guyenne 1658: Sabotiers rebellion in Sologne 1661–1662: Benauge rebellion in Guyenne 1662: in Boulonnais 1663–1665: Audijos rebellion 1667–1668: Angelet revolt in Roussillon 1670: Vivarais revolt 1670–1674: Angelet revolt in Roussillon 1675: Revolt of the papier timbré, a rebellion in Brittany 1693–1694: Food riots during the 1698: Food riots

18th century

1702–1710: Camisard Rebellion, a prolonged local guerrilla war by Protestants of the Cévennes region in the wake of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. 1707: Croquant rebellions in Quercy 1709–1710: Food riots during the famine of 1709–1710 1718–1720: Pontcallec conspiracy, a rebellion in Brittany 1725: Food riot in Paris 1739–1740: Food riots 1749: Food riots 1752: Food riots 1768: Food riots 1770: Food riots 1775: Flour War, a wave of riots in April to May 1775, that followed an increase in grain and bread prices, because police withheld grain from the royal stores in addition to poor harvests. 1785: Food riots 1786: in Lyon 1788: Day of the Tiles in Grenoble 1789–1799: French Revolution, a revolution that overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship by Napoleon that forcibly brought many of its ideals to Western Europe.

19th century 1811–1812: Food riot 1816–1817: Food riot 1829–1830: Food riot 1830: The July Revolution, which led to the abdication of Charles X and establishment of the July Monarchy under Louis Philippe I. 1831: Canut revolt in Lyon, violent demonstrations in Paris and other cities 1832: The June Rebellion, an anti-monarchist insurrection of Parisian republicans on 5 and 6 June 1832. Legitimist insurrections and protests in the west and south. Food riots in the east and southwest. 1834: Canut revolt in Lyon 1839: Coup attempt in Paris led by Louis Auguste Blanqui, Armand Barbès, Martin Bernard, and the Société des Saisons. 1839–1840: Food riots 1840: Strikes in Paris 1841: Tax revolt in south-west France 1845: Wool worker strikes in Lodève 1846–1847: Food riots around Paris 1848: French Revolution of 1848, street fighting in Paris resulting in the overthrow of the July Monarchy and proclamation of the French Second Republic. 1848: French demonstration of 15 May 1848, an event played out in the streets of Paris that was intended to reverse the results of a Second Republic election of deputies to the Constituent Assembly. 1848: The June Days uprising, an insurrection staged by Radical Republicans dissatisfied by the lack of social and class reform under the Second Republic. 1849: Insurrections in Paris and Lyon 1851: 1851 French coup d'état 1853–1854: Food riots 1868: Food riots 1869: Violent strikes in 1871: Paris Commune, a radical socialist and revolutionary government that took power in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. 1880: Violent strikes 1891–1894: Violent strikes and anarchist terrorism 1893: Massacre of Italians at Aigues-Mortes

20th century 1900–1901: Violent strikes in Belfort and Marseille 1906–1907: Violent strikes 1907: Revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers 1908: Strikes in Nantes 1910–1911: Champagne Riots, resulted from a series of problems faced by grape growers in the Champagne area of France. 1919–1920: Violent strikes 1921: Violence that broke out at the premiere of the play The Gas Heart. 1926: Bloody Sunday, political clashes that occurred in Colmar, Alsace on August 22, 1926. 1934: 6 February 1934 crisis, an anti-parliamentarist street demonstration in Paris organized by far-right leagues that culminated in a riot 1936: General strike by one million workers 1947: 1947 strikes in France, a series of insurrectional strikes 1958: May 1958 crisis in France 1961: Algiers putsch of 1961 1968: May 1968 events in France, a volatile period of civil unrest that was punctuated by demonstrations and massive general strikes as well as the occupation of universities and factories across France. 1979: Youths of North African origin rioted in the Lyon suburb of Vaulx-en-Velin following an arrest of a local youth. Believed to be the first suburban riot in French history. 1981: Rodéo (riot), riots that consisted of stealing cars, driving them in tight circles, and ultimately burning them. 1984: Protests and rioting occurred during these French protests, with around 1 million participants. This resulted in the Bastille being stormed. 1990: Rioting in Vaulx-en-Velin after a young man of Spanish origin was killed in a motorbike crash allegedly caused by police. 1991: Violence broke out in Sartrouville after the fatal shooting of an Arab teenager by a supermarket security guard. 1991: Rioting occurred in Mantes-la-Jolie after a policewoman and an Algerian man were killed. 1992: Following the death of 18-year-old Mohamed Bahri in Vaulx-en-Velin at the hands of police, youths attacked the town's police station and burned cars. 1992: French truckers and farmers protested the implementation of a new driver's license point system by blocking roads. 1995: Rioting in several eastern suburbs of Lyon following the police killing of terrorist Khaled Kelkal, a key organizer of the 1995 France bombings 1997: Rioting occurred in Dammarie-lès-Lys after 16-year-old Abdelkadher Bouziane was shot and killed by police and his 19-year-old friend wounded. 1998: Two days of riots occurred in suburban Toulouse after 17-year-old Habib Muhammed was shot by police during a car theft.

21st century 2005: 2005 French riots, a series of riots that occurred in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities involving the burning of cars and public buildings at night. 2006: 2006 youth protests in France, riots resulting from opposition to a measure set to deregulate labour in France. 2007: 2007 anti-Sarkozy riots, a series of violent protests occurred in the days after the announcement of the results of the 2007 French presidential election 2007: 2007 Villiers-le-Bel riots, riots in the Val-d'Oise department that began following the deaths of two teenagers whose motorcycle collided with a police vehicle. 2007–09: 2007–09 university protests in France, protest movements resulting from several reform projects under Minister for Higher Education and Research Valérie Pécresse. 2009: 2009 French riots, a series of riots that occurred on Bastille Day (14 July) in the commune of Montreuil, an eastern suburb area of Paris. 2012: Notre Dame-des Landes Communities from nearby towns prevent an airport from being built on Notre Dame-des Landes forest and agricultural fields. 2013: 2013 Trappes riots, riots that broke out after police arrested a man who assaulted a police officer who tried to check the identity of his wife wearing a Muslim veil 2014: 2014 Sarcelles riots, a pro-Palestinian protest against the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza degenerated into an antisemitic riot in Sarcelles, France. 2016: 2016 French taxi driver strike, a strike by taxi drivers in several major cities against Uber, included many road blockades, fires, overturned vehicles, and the blockade of roads leading to the two major airports in Paris. 2016: Nuit debout, protests that grew out of opposition to proposed labor reforms. 2017: Protests started following accusations a police officer anally raped a young black man with a baton. Anti-police protests continued well into March 2017 when migrants were met with resistance from Paris residents.