Baltimore riots
Baltimore riots can refer to several incidents of civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland's history. It generally refers to the Baltimore Riot of 1861 (also known as the Pratt Street Riot), where a mob of Confederate sympathizers attacked Union troops transiting through the town in some of the first bloodshed of the American Civil War. It may also refer to:
- 1807 - Baltimore doctors' riots
- 1812 - Baltimore riot of 1812
- 1835 - Baltimore bank riot
- 1856 - Know-Nothing Riot of 1856
- 1857 - Baltimore Election riot of 1857
- 1858 - Baltimore Election riot of 1858
- 1859 - Baltimore Election riot of 1859
- 1861 - Baltimore riot of 1861, a riot by a Confederate-sympathetic mob against Union troops
- 1877 - Great Railroad Strike of 1877, a riot by striking railroad workers and sympathizers
- 1968 - 1968 Baltimore riots, a series of riots in response to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 2015 - 2015 Baltimore riots, a series of riots in response to the death in police custody of Freddie Gray
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