1800s / 19th century history on the 13th of July
1863 : NEW YORK CiTY DRAFT RiOTS aka Manhattan draft riots started in Draft Week, with violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, when new laws were passed by Congress in 1863 to draft men to fight in the American Civil War. The riots due to civil war conscription lasted for 3 days until the 16th July, resulting in the deaths of up to 120 people, and 2000 injured people. The riots remain the largest civil and most racially charged urban disturbance in the history of America.
