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The following is a list of student protests.
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Protest | Date | Location | Notes |
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1229 University of Paris strike | March 1229 | France | |
St Scholastica Day riot | 10 February 1355 | England | |
Butter rebellion | 1766 | United States | |
1797 Rugby School rebellion | 1797 | England | |
1899 Russian student strike | 1899 | Russia | |
Września children strike | 1901 - 1904 | Poland | |
Rowbottom | 1910 - 1980 | United States | |
Fisk University protest | 1924 – 1925 | United States | |
Gwangju Student Independence Movement | October 1929 – November 1929 | Korea | |
1935 University of Puerto Rico protest | 24 October 1935 | United States | |
December 9th Movement | 9 December 1935 | China | |
Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu | 11 August 1937 – present | India | |
Knickerbocker Case | 1945 - 1950 | United States | |
Jayatu Sanskritam | 1 June 1947 - 15 June 1947 | Nepal | |
Yu Zisan Incident | October 1947 - March 1948 | China | |
Hanshin Education Incident | 10 April 1948 - 24 April 1948 | Japan | |
1954 National Service riots | 13 May 1954 | Singapore | |
Sunagawa Struggle | 1955 - 1957 | Japan | |
Hock Lee bus riots | 12 May 1955 | Singapore | |
Bucharest student movement of 1956 | 1956 | Romania | |
Chinese middle school student riots | 1956 | Singapore | |
Timișoara student movement of 1956 | 1956 | Romania | |
Anpo protests | 1959 – 1960 | Japan | |
1960s Berkeley protests | 1960 - 1969 | United States | |
Ethiopian Student Movement | 1960–1974 | Ethiopia | |
Nashville sit-ins | 13 February 1960 – 10 May 10 1960 | United States | |
Daegu Democracy Movement | 28 February 1960 | South Korea | |
April Revolution | 11 April 1960 - 26 April 1960 | South Korea | |
1962 Rangoon University protests | 7 July 1962 – 1963 | Burma | |
1962 East Pakistan Education movement | 17 September 1962 | East Pakistan | |
Children's Crusade (1963) | 2 May 1963 - 3 May 1963 | United States | |
Chicago Public Schools boycott | 22 October 1963 | United States | |
1963 Moscow protest | 18 December 1963 | Soviet Union | |
Free Speech Movement | 1964 – 1965 | United States | |
New York City school boycott | 3 February 1964 | United States | |
1964 Moscow protest | 18 March 1964 | Soviet Union | |
June 3 Resistance movement | 3 June 1964 | South Korea | |
1967 Philadelphia student demonstration | 17 November 1967 | United States | |
Kostas Georgakis protest | 22 September 1970 | Greece | |
Außerparlamentarische Opposition | 1965 - 1973 | West Germany | |
1965 Moroccan riots | March 1965 | Morocco | |
Sanrizuka Struggle | 22 June 1966 – present | Japan | |
1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia | 1968 | Yugoslavia | |
Third World Liberation Front strikes of 1968 | 1968 | United States | |
West German student movement | 1968 | West Germany | |
1968–1969 Japanese university protests | 1968 – 1969 | Japan | |
1968 Polish political crisis | March 1968 | Poland | |
Movement of 22 March | 2 March 1968 | France | |
East L.A. walkouts | 6 March 1968 | United States | |
1968 Columbia University protests | 27 March 1968 – 22 May 1968 | United States | |
May 68 | 2 May 1968 – 23 June 1968 | France | |
Occupation of the Student Union Building | 24 May 1968 – 27 May 1968 | Sweden | |
Mexican Movement of 1968 | 26 July 1968 – 2 October 1968 | Mexico | |
Mafeje affair | 15 August 1968 – 23 August 1968 | South Africa | |
Takeover of Vanha | 25 November 1968 | Finland | |
Sir George Williams affair | 1969 | Canada | |
1969 East Pakistan mass uprising | January 1969 – March 1969 | East Pakistan | |
1969 People's Park protest | 15 May 1969 | United States | |
1970s Hong Kong student protests | 1970 - 1979 | Hong Kong | |
Student strike of 1970 | 1 May 1970 – 8 May 1970 | United States | |
University of New Mexico anti-war protests | 4 May 1970 - 8 May 1970 | United States | |
Diliman Commune | 1 February 1971 - 9 February 1971 | Philippines | |
1973 Thai popular uprising | 9 October 1973 – 15 October 1973 | Thailand | |
Athens Polytechnic uprising | 14 November 1973 –17 November 1973 | Greece | |
Navnirman Andolan | 20 December 1973 - 16 March 1974 | India | |
Malari incident | 15 January 1974 – 16 January 1974 | Indonesia | |
1975 Mauritian student protests | 20 May 1975 | Mauritius | |
1975 Salvadoran student protest | 30 July 1975 | El Salvador | |
Soweto uprising | 16 June 1976 – 18 June 1976 | South Africa | |
Ali Must Go | 17 April 1978 | Nigeria | |
1979 Nepalese student protests | April 1979 - May 1979 | Nepal | |
1980 student protests in Kabul | April 1980 - June 1980 | Afghanistan | |
Gwangju Uprising | 18 May 1980 – 27 May 1980 | South Korea | |
Moroccan Intifada of 1984 | 19 January 1984 – 20 January 1984 | Morocco | |
1986–1987 protests in France | 28 November 1986 – 11 January 1987 | France | |
1986 Chinese student demonstrations | December 1986 - January 1987 | China | |
Deaf President Now | 6 March 1988 - 13 March 1988 | United States | |
Nanjing anti-African protests | December 1988 - January 1989 | China | |
Chengdu protests of 1989 | April 1989 - June 1989 | China | |
1989 Tiananmen Square protests | 15 April 1989 – 4 June 1989 | China | |
April 27 demonstrations | 27 April 1989 | China | |
1989 Anti-SAP riots | 24 May 1989 - June 1989 | Nigeria | |
Velvet Revolution | 17 November 1989 – 29 December 1989 | Czechoslovakia | |
1990–1991 student protests in Greece | 1990 - 1991 | Greece | |
Wild Lily student movement | 16 March 1990 - 22 March 1990 | Taiwan | |
1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh | 10 October 1990 – 4 December 1990 | Bangladesh | |
1991 protests in Belgrade | 9 March 1991 - 14 March 1991 | Yugoslavia | |
Blockades of the Tolbiac center of University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne | 1995 - present | France | |
1996 Quebec student protests | 1996 | Canada | |
1996–1997 Serbian protests | 17 November 1996 – 22 March 1997 | Yugoslavia | |
May 1998 riots of Indonesia | 4 May 1998 - 15 May 1998 | Indonesia | |
1999 UNAM strike | January 1999 - February 2000 | Mexico | |
1999 Iranian student protests | 7 July 1999 –13 July 1999 | Iran | |
Concordia University Netanyahu riot | 9 September 2002 | Canada | |
2003 Iranian student protests | 2003 | Iran | |
Hefei student protests | January 2003 | China | |
2005 Quebec student protests | 24 February 2005 - 14 April 2005 | Canada | |
General College Truth Movement | 16 April 2005 - 10 June 2005 | United States | |
Unity for Gallaudet | 2006 - 2007 | United States | |
2006 youth protests in France | February 2006 - April 2006 | France | |
March 2006 LAUSD student walkouts | 24 March 2006 - 27 March 2006 | United States | |
2006 student protests in Chile | April 2006 - August 2006 | Chile | |
University of California, Berkeley oak grove protests | December 2006 - September 2008 | United States | |
Dutch pupil strike | 2007 | Netherlands | |
2007–2009 university protests in France | 2007 - 2009 | France | |
2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests | 19 May 2007 – June 2007 | Venezuela | |
2008 student protests in Chile | 2008 | Chile | |
Wild Strawberries Movement | 2008 - 2009 | Taiwan | |
2009 Irish budget protests | October 2008 | Ireland | |
2008 Greek riots | 6 December 2008 — 17 January 2009 | Greece | |
Protests in Canada against the Sri Lankan Civil War | January 28, 2009 - October 13, 2009 | Canada | |
Free Education for Everyone February 2009 protest | 4 February 2009 | Ireland | |
2009 student protests in Croatia | 20 April 2009 - 4 December 2009 | Croatia | |
2009 Iranian presidential election protests | 13 June 2009 – 7 December 2010 | Iran | |
2009–2010 California college tuition hike protests | September 2009 - March 2010 | United States | |
2009 student protests in Austria | October 2009 - May 2010 | Austria | |
Ashura protests | 27 December 2009 | Iran | |
2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes | May 2010 - February 2011 | United States | |
2010 student protest in Dublin | 3 November 2010 | Ireland | |
2010 United Kingdom student protests | 10 November 2010 – 9 December 2010 | United Kingdom | |
2011 Colombian student protests | 2011 | Colombia | |
2011 South Korean university tuition crisis | 2011 | South Korea | |
2011 Hetherington House Occupation | 1 February 2011 - 31 August 2011 | United Kingdom | |
2011 London anti-cuts protest | 26 March 2011 | United Kingdom | |
2011–2013 Chilean student protests | May 2011 – 2013 | Chile | |
2011 Israeli social justice protests | 14 July 2011 – 29 October 2011 | Israel | |
UC Davis Occupy movement | November 2011 | United States | |
Occupy Cal | 9 November 2011 - March 2012 | United States | |
2012 Romanian protests | 12 January 2012 – 9 December 2012 | Romania | |
2012 Quebec student protests | 13 February 2012 - 7 September 2012 | Canada | |
2012–2014 Romanian protests against shale gas | 21 March 2012 – 26 November 2014 | Romania | |
Occupy the Farm | 22 April 2012 - 27 May 2013 | United States | |
Yo Soy 132 | 15 May 2012 – 2013 | Mexico | |
2013 Shahbag protests | 5 February 2013 – 6 March 2013 | Bangladesh | |
2013 Anti–Sri Lanka protests | 8 March 2013 | India | |
2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement | July 2013 | Bangladesh | |
Roșia Montană protests | 1 September 2013 – 11 February 2014 | Romania | |
Protest of Ray Kelly at Brown University | 29 October 2013 | United States | |
2014 student protest in Kosovo | January 2014 - February 2014 | Kosovo | |
SEALDs Special Secrecy Law protests | February 2014 - December 2014 | Japan | |
Sunflower Student Movement | 18 March 2014 - 10 April 2014 | Taiwan | |
2014 Jefferson County Public Schools protests | September 2014 - October 2014 | United States | |
Iguala mass kidnapping protests | September 2014 - 2015 | Mexico | |
2014 Jadavpur University protests | 3 September 2014 – 12 January 2015 | India | |
2014 Hong Kong class boycott campaign | 22 September 2014 – 26 September 2014 | Hong Kong | |
2015 Moroccan protest movement | 2015 | Morocco | |
Stethoscope Revolution | 2015 | Morocco | |
Million Student March | 2015 - 2016 | United States | |
Bungehuis and Maagdenhuis occupations | 13 February 2015 - 11 April 2015 | Netherlands | |
2015–2016 Quebec protests | March 21, 2015 – January 2016 | Canada | |
2015 Bangladesh student protests against VAT on education | 22 June 2015 - 14 September 2015 | Bangladesh | |
Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement | July 2015 | Taiwan | |
Tangkap Najib rally | 1 August 2015 | Malaysia | |
2015–2016 University of Missouri protests | 24 September 2015 - 2016 | United States | |
FeesMustFall | 12 October 2015 – October 2016 | South Africa | |
2015 Romanian protests | 3 November 2015 – 9 November 2015 | Romania | |
Sikes Sit-In | 13 April 2016 - 14 April 2016 | United States | |
2016 Oakland riots | 9 November 2016 - 12 November 2016 | United States | |
2017 pro-jallikattu protests | 8 January 2017 – 23 January 2017 | India | |
2017 Berkeley protests | February – September 2017 | United States | |
University of Puerto Rico strikes, 2017 | 28 March 2017 - 7 June 2017 | United States | |
2017 Humboldt University lecture incident | June 20, 2017 | Germany | |
2017–2018 Iranian protests | 28 December 2017 - 7 January 2018 | Iran | |
2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes | 2018 | Chile | |
Delhi School of Journalism protests | 2018 - 2020 | India | |
2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement | 17 February 2018 - 18 July 2018 | Bangladesh | |
March for Our Lives | 24 March 2018 | United States | |
The National School Walkout | April 20, 2018 | United States | |
Stand for the Second | 2 May 2018 | United States | |
Jasic incident | 27 July 2018 – 24 August 2018 | China | |
2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests | 29 July 2018 – 9 August 2018 | Bangladesh | |
School Strike for Climate | 20 August 2018 – present | International | |
2018 UNAM protests | 27 August 2018 - 2 October 2018 | Mexico | |
2018 student protests in Colombia | 10 October 10 - 16 December 2018 | Colombia | |
Students Solidarity March | November 2018 - November 2021 | Pakistan | |
2018–2019 student protest in Albania | 4 December 2018 – 11 February 2019 | Albania | |
2019 Gabonese protests | April 2019 | Gabon | |
September 2019 climate strikes | 20 September 2019 – 27 September 2019 | International | |
2019 Indonesian protests and riots | 23 September 2019 – 28 October 2019 | Indonesia | |
2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike | January 2020 – August 2020 | United States | |
Indonesia omnibus law protests | 13 January 2020 – present | Indonesia | |
2020–2021 Thai protests | February 2020 - December 2021 | Thailand | |
YS4C Protests 14 February 2020 | 14 February 2020 | United Kingdom | |
2020 Michigan graduate students' strike | 8 September 2020 - 16 September 2020 | United States | |
2020 Darul Uloom Hathazari student protest | 16 September 2020 – 20 September 2020 | Bangladesh | |
2020 University of Manchester protests | 5 November 2020 – 25 November 2020 | United Kingdom | |
2021 Boğaziçi University protests | 4 January 2021 – present | Turkey | |
2021–2022 Columbia University strike | 15 March 2021 - 7 January 2022 | United States | |
Blackburn Takeover | 12 October 2021 - 15 November 2021 | United States | |
2022 Indonesian student protests | 11 April 2022 - September 2022 | Indonesia | |
2022–2023 University of Sheffield protests | 24 October 2022 – September 2023 | United Kingdom | |
2022 University of California academic workers' strike | 14 November 2022 - 23 December 2022 | United States | |
2022 Indonesian criminal code protest | December 2022 | Indonesia | |
2023 University of Manchester protests | 19 January 2023–17 December 2023 | United Kingdom | |
2023 Temple University strike | 31 January 31 2023 – 13 March 2023 | United States | |
2023 United Kingdom pupil protests | February 2023 – March 2023 | United Kingdom | |
Tagore sculpture protests | 14 February 2023 – 22 February 2023 | Bangladesh | |
March 2023 Rajshahi University unrest | 11 March 2023 – 13 March 2023 | Bangladesh | |
2023 Rutgers University strike | 10 April 2023 – 15 April 2023 | United States | |
2023 University of Brighton protests | 15 May 2023 – 9 November 2023 | United Kingdom | |
2023 Banda Aceh anti-Rohingya protest | 27 December 2023 | Indonesia | |
2024 Sciences Po pro-Palestinian occupation protest | April 2024 | France | |
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses | 17 April 2024 – present | International | |
2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation | 17 April 2024 – 30 April 2024 | United States | |
2024 University of Southern California pro-Palestinian campus occupation | 24 April 2024 – 5 May 2024 | United States | |
2024 Portland State University pro-Palestinian campus occupation | 25 April 2024 – present | United States | |
2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation | 25 April 2024 - 4 May 2024 | United States | |
McGill University pro-Palestinian encampment | 27 April 2024 – present | Canada | |
2024 University of Oregon pro-Palestinian campus occupation | 29 April 2024 – present | United States | |
2024 University of Virginia pro-Palestinian campus occupation | 1 May 2024 - 4 May 2024 | United States | |
2024 University of Mississippi protest | 2 May 2024 | United States | |
2024 Gazi University protests | 3 May 2024 | Turkey |