1812 Baltimore riots

When

1812

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

39.29° N, 76.61° W

Description

violent riots in the summer of 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland, US

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Violent riots in the summer of 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland, US

The Baltimore riots of 1812 were a series of violent riots that occurred in the months of June and July 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland. The riots were in response to a series of anti-war articles written in a Federalist newspaper by federalist statesman Alexander Contee Hanson after the United States had declared war on United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the War of 1812.

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