This is a list of incidents of

civil disorder Civil disorder, also known as civil disturbance, civil unrest, or social unrest is a situation arising from a mass act of civil disobedience (such as a demonstration, riot, strike, or unlawful assembly) in which law enforcement has difficulty ...

that have occurred

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

since the 13th century, including riots, strikes, violent labor disputes, minor insurrections, and other forms of civil unrest.

13th century

* 1229:

1229 University of Paris strike The University of Paris strike of 1229 was caused by the deaths of a number of students in punishing a student riot. The students protested with a "dispersion", or student strike, which lasted more than two years and led to a number of reforms of t ...

, riots at the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

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 Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

* 1261: Revolt in Marseille * 1270: Tax revolt in Cahors * 1274: Revolt in

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

* 1276: Revolt in Limoges * 1281: Revolt in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

* 1292: Tax revolt in Rouen

14th century

* 1307: Revolt in Paris * 1309:

Crusade of the Poor The Crusade of the Poor was an unauthorised military expedition—one of the so-called "popular crusades"—undertaken in the spring and summer of 1309 by members of the lower classes from England, Flanders, Brabant, northern France and the Ger ...

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 The Harelle (; from ''haro'') was a revolt that occurred in the French city of Rouen in 1382 and followed by the Maillotins uprising a few days later in Paris, as well as numerous other revolts across France in the subsequent week. France was in ...

and Maillotins uprisings in Rouen and Paris

15th century

* 1407–1435: Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War ** 1413:

Cabochien revolt The Cabochien revolt was an episode in the civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians which was in turn a part of the Hundred Years' War. In the spring of 1413, John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, managed to raise the people of Paris an ...

in Paris * 1418: Revolt in Châlons-en-Champagne * 1440:

Praguerie The Praguerie was a revolt of the French nobility against King Charles VII from February to July 1440. It was so named because a similar rising had recently taken place in Prague, Bohemia, at that time closely associated with France through the ...

, 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 Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

* 1506: Riot in

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the ...

* 1507: Riot in

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

* 1514: Tax revolt in

Agen The communes of France, commune of Agen (, ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux. ...

* 1516: Riot in Laval * 1519: Revolt in

Libourne Libourne (; oc, label= Gascon, Liborna ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émil ...

* 1521: Peasant revolt in Lantriac and Velay * 1521: Grain riots in

Aix Aix or AIX may refer to: Computing * AIX, a line of IBM computer operating systems *An Alternate Index, for a Virtual Storage Access Method Key Sequenced Data Set *Athens Internet Exchange, a European Internet exchange point Places Belgium ...

, Marseille and

Tarascon Tarascon (; ), sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Inhabitants are referred to as Tarasconnais or Tarasc ...

* 1522: Revolt in Meaux * 1522: Grain riots in

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

and

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

* 1523: Revolt of Captain Montélon in Ile-de-France * 1525: Riots in Romans * 1526: Riots in

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

* 1526–1527: Peasant riots in Sarladais * 1528: Wine tax revolt in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

* 1529: in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

, riots in Dijon and

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

* 1535: Riot in

Foix Foix (; oc, Fois ; ca, Foix ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the Préfecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of southwe ...

* 1536: Peasant revolt in

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...

, tax riot in Le Puy * 1537: Fighting between gendarmerie and commons in

Albi Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albig� ...

* 1539:

Gabelle The ''gabelle'' () was a very unpopular tax on salt in France that was established during the mid-14th century and lasted, with brief lapses and revisions, until 1946. The term ''gabelle'' is derived from the Italian ''gabella'' (a duty), itself ...

salt tax revolt in Bordeaux, tax riot in

Vermandois Vermandois was a French county that appeared in the Merovingian period. Its name derives from that of an ancient tribe, the Viromandui. In the 10th century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin ( Aisne) and Péronne ( Som ...

* 1539–1542: Strikes over printers' wages in Lyon and Paris * 1542: Gabelle revolt in

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...

, riots in Rouen and Tours * 1544: Revolt over taxes and religion in

Saint-Maixent Saint-Maixent () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Sarthe department The following is a list of the 354 communes of the Sarthe department of France. ...

* 1545: Tax revolts and riots in Niort, Saintes, Périgueux, St Foy, Duras, Rouen and Comminges * 1545:

Mérindol massacre The Mérindol massacre took place in 1545, when Francis I of France ordered the Waldensians of the village of Mérindol to be punished for Heresy in Christianity, heresy. Provençal and papal soldiers killed hundreds or even thousands of Waldensian ...

* 1545–1546: Religious agitation across France * 1545–1547: Riots in Vitry over real estate speculation * 1548–1549:

Revolt of the Pitauds The revolt of the pitauds (French: ''jacquerie des Pitauds'', ''révolte des Pitauds'') was a French peasants' revolt in the mid-16th century. The revolt was sparked by the 1541 decree of Châtellerault, which extended a salt tax to Angoumois ...

in south-west France * 1552: Revolt in Nay * 1553: Riots in Le Puy * 1554: Peasant revolt in

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

* 1560:

Amboise Conspiracy The Amboise conspiracy, also called Tumult of Amboise, was a failed attempt by a Huguenot faction in France to gain control over the young king Francis II and to reverse the policies of the current administration of Francis, Duke of Guise and Cha ...

, a failed attempt by

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

nobles and ministers to seize the King. * 1560: Maligny Affair: an abortive Protestant uprising in the city of

, backed by nobles and ministers including

John Calvin John Calvin (; frm, Jehan Cauvin; french: link=no, Jean Calvin ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system ...

. * 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 The French Wars of Religion is the term which is used in reference to a period of civil war between French Catholic Church, Catholics and Protestantism, Protestants, commonly called Huguenots, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. According to estim ...

** 1562:

1562 Riots of Toulouse The 1562 Riots of Toulouse are a series of events (occurring largely in the span of a week) that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the Roman Catholic Church in violent clashes that ended wi ...

, a series of events that pitted members of the Reformed Church of France (often called Huguenots) against members of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

in violent clashes that ended with the deaths of between 3,000–5,000 citizens of the French city of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

. ** 1572:

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (french: Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) during the French War ...

. ** 1588: Day of the barricades, an uprising by the radical Catholics against the more moderate Henry III. * 1593–1595:

Croquant rebellions The croquant rebellions ("Jacquerie des croquants" in French) were several peasant revolts that erupted in Limousin, Quercy, and Perigord (France) and that extended through the southeast of the country in the latter part of the 16th and beginning ...

in south-west France

17th century

* 1620: Battle of Ponts-de-Cé, a rebellion by

Marie de' Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...

is defeated by King

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

. * 1620–1629: The Huguenot rebellions, a series of southern revolts in part led by

Henri, Duke of Rohan Henri (II) de Rohan (21 August 157913 April 1638), Duke of Rohan and Prince of Léon, was a Breton-French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots. Early life Rohan was born at the Château de Blain (now a part of Blain, Loire-Atlantique), ...

in response to increasing reversals of the

Edict of Nantes The Edict of Nantes () was signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV and granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was in essence completely Catholic. In the edict, Henry aimed pr ...

. * 1624:

Peasant rebellion This is a chronological list of conflicts in which peasants played a significant role. Background The history of peasant wars spans over two thousand years. A variety of factors fueled the emergence of the peasant revolt phenomenon, including: ...

in Quercy * 1632: Battle of Castelnaudary, a rebellion by

Gaston, Duke of Orléans '' Monsieur'' Gaston, Duke of Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a '' Fils de France''. He lat ...

is defeated by royal forces. * 1635–1637:

in south-west France * 1638–1642:

in south-west France * 1639:

Revolt of the va-nu-pieds The Revolt of the ''va-nu-pieds'' (, ''barefooted ones'') was a popular uprising in Normandy in 1639 following King Louis XIII's decision to set up the gabelle salt tax in Cotentin in place of the privilege of the quart-bouillon. Context The Nu-P ...

, a rebellion in Normandy * 1643:

Rouergue Rouergue (; ) is a former province of France, corresponding roughly with the modern department of Aveyron. Its historical capital is Rodez. It is bounded on the north by Auvergne, on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by Gévaudan ...

* 1645: Tax revolt in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

* 1648–1653: The Fronde, a wave of revolts against the young

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

. * 1650:

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 The Revolt of the papier timbré was an anti-fiscal revolt in the west of Ancien Régime France, during the reign of Louis XIV from April to September 1675. It was fiercest in Lower Brittany, where it took on an anti-lordly tone and became known ...

, a rebellion in Brittany * 1693–1694: Food riots during the * 1698: Food riots

18th century

Journée des Tuiles (Alexandre Debelle), Musée de la Révolution française - Vizille

* 1702–1710: Camisard Rebellion, a prolonged local guerrilla war by Protestants of the Cévennes region in the wake of the revocation of the

. * 1707:

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 A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legum ...

and

bread Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made f ...

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 The Day of the Tiles (french: Journée des Tuiles) was an event that took place in the French town of Grenoble on 7 June in 1788. It was one of the first disturbances which preceded the French Revolution, and is credited by a few historians as ...

in Grenoble * 1789–1799:

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

, 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 riots * 1816–1817: Food riots * 1829–1830: Food riots * 1830: The

July Revolution The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution (french: révolution de Juillet), Second French Revolution, or ("Three Glorious ays), was a second French Revolution after the first in 1789. It led to the overthrow of King ...

, which led to the abdication of Charles X and establishment of the

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (french: Monarchie de Juillet), officially the Kingdom of France (french: Royaume de France), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 26 July 1830, with the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 23 F ...

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 Armand Barbès (18 September 1809 – 26 June 1870) was a French Republican revolutionary and an opponent of the July monarchy (1830–1848). He is remembered as a man whose life centers on two days: * ''12 May 1839'', the day of the uprising ...

, 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 Lodève (; oc, Lodeva ) is a commune in the département of Hérault, in the Occitanie region in southern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The derivation of the city's name is from Gaulish ''Luteva'', composed of lut-, swamp, ...

* 1846–1847: Food riots around Paris * 1848:

French Revolution of 1848 The French Revolution of 1848 (french: Révolution française de 1848), also known as the February Revolution (), was a brief period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation ...

, street fighting in Paris resulting in the overthrow of the July Monarchy and proclamation of the

French Second Republic The French Second Republic (french: Deuxième République Française or ), officially the French Republic (), was the republican government of France that existed between 1848 and 1852. It was established in February 1848, with the February Revo ...

. * 1848:

French demonstration of 15 May 1848 The French demonstration of 15 May 1848 was an event played out, mostly, in the streets of Paris. It was intended to reverse the results of a Second Republic election of deputies to the Constituent Assembly. It is difficult to say, with any prec ...

, an event played out in the streets of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

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 The Coup d'état of 2 December 1851 was a self-coup staged by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III), at the time President of France under the Second Republic. Code-named Operation Rubicon and timed to coincide with the anniversary ...

* 1853–1854: Food riots * 1868: Food riots * 1869: Violent strikes in * 1871:

Paris Commune The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...

, 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 The Massacre of the Italians at Aigues-Mortes was a series of events on 16 and 17 August 1893, in Aigues-Mortes, France, which resulted in the deaths of immigrant Italian workers of the ''Compagnie des Salins du Midi'', at the hands of French villa ...

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 (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: Matignon Agreements (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

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. * 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. * 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

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

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 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, Seine-Saint-Denis, 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. * 2017: During May Day protests in Paris, a group of about 150 hooded demonstrators disrupted the march, throwing "Molotov cocktails, firebombs and other objects at the police near Place de la Bastille." These "violent protesters, who did not carry any union or election paraphernalia, appeared to be from the same fringe groups that have targeted anti-government protests in the past." Riot police responded with Baton (law enforcement), batons and tear gas. Six police officers were injured, two of them seriously, by petrol bombs. * 2018: Ongoing Yellow vests movement (French: Gilets jaunes protests) over dissatisfaction with wealth disparity and ongoing increases to fuel taxes. * 2022: 2022 Corsica unrest by Corsican nationalists in response to prison attack on Yvan Colonna * 2022: 2022 Paris shooting, protests after the killing of three Kurds in Paris. * 2023: 2023 French pension reform strikes due to the planned raise in retirement age from 62 to 64 years old. * 2023: Nahel Merzouk protests and unrest after Killing of Nahel Merzouk, the killing of a teenager by police near Paris.

References

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