Algerian History
Algeria: Algiers
Historical Events
- 1631-06-20 The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates
- 1815-06-17 Stephen Decatur conquers Algerian frigate Mashouda
- 1815-06-30 US naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates
- 1830-06-12 Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch
- 1830-07-05 France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest
- 1831-03-10 The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria
- 1846-10-10 Alexis de Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem"
Event of Interest
1856-10-28 French Magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin performs for Algerian Marabouts in Algeria to convince them that French magic is the stronger
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
- 1867-01-31 Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria
- 1901-07-20 Morocco signs an agreement with France fixing Morocco's frontier with Algeria, a French colony
- 1914-08-04 German fleet under admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast
- 1940-07-03 British Royal Navy damages the French fleet in Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, to prevent Germany seizing it
- 1940-07-04 British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
- 1942-10-22 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
- 1942-10-22 US gens Clark & Lemnitzer & French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria
- 1942-11-10 US-British troops occupies Oran, Algeria
- 1942-11-14 Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
- 1943-02-10 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination
- 1945-03-31 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
- 1954-09-09 Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed
- 1954-09-10 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria
- 1954-10-31 Algerian Revolution against French begins
- 1954-11-01 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France.
- 1954-11-24 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
- 1955-08-20 Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco & Algeria
- 1956-02-09 R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
- 1956-03-27 French commandos land in Algeria
- 1956-04-01 Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
- 1956-04-11 French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria
- 1956-05-07 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
- 1956-05-10 French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
- 1956-07-05 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria
- 1956-12-01 Algerian-born French long-distance runner Alain Mimoun wins the men's marathon in 2:25:00.0 at the Melbourne Olympics; first time runners follow painted line
- 1957-01-07 Algerian militant and National Liberation Front member Djamila Bouhired sets off a bomb in an Algiers cafe killing 11 civilians, precipitating the Battle of Algiers
- 1957-05-29 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
- 1957-06-16 French offensive in Algeria
- 1957-09-30 French government of Mauroy resigns due to Algeria
- 1958-05-13 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
- 1958-05-17 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
Event of Interest
1958-06-06 French Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French
Charles de Gaulle
- 1958-09-20 Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
- 1958-10-23 De Gaulle offers Algerians defiance "peace of the brave"
- 1959-01-13 French President Charles de Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 Algerians sentenced to death
- 1959-04-12 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
- 1959-09-16 French President Charles de Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination
- 1960-01-24 Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
- 1960-02-13 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
- 1960-04-01 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria
- 1961-01-08 The French vote for Algerian independence from French rule in the wake of seven years of guerrilla war
- 1961-04-21 French army revolts in Algeria
- 1961-04-22 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan and Challe in Algeria
- 1961-04-25 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
- 1961-04-26 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
- 1961-10-17 Battle of Paris-police kill 210 Algerians
- 1961-11-07 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1962-01-23 Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb
- 1962-02-05 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
- 1962-02-08 In Paris, 8 people killed at a protest against independence for the French colony Algeria
- 1962-02-18 France & Algerian Muslims negotiate truce to end 7 year war
- 1962-03-18 Algerian War ends after 7½ yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
- 1962-04-08 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
- 1962-05-01 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1962-05-02 OAS strikes in Algeria
- 1962-06-30 French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria
- 1962-06-30 Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian Liberation Army fighters
- 1962-07-01 Algeria votes for independence from France
- 1962-07-03 Algerian Revolution against French rule ends (Algeria gains independence on 5th July)
- 1962-07-05 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria
- 1962-07-05 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
- 1962-07-06 Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria
- 1962-07-15 Algeria becomes member of Arab League
- 1962-09-20 Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria
- 1962-09-29 Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
- 1962-10-08 Algeria admitted as 109th member of UN
- 1962-10-09 Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130
- 1963-03-18 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria
- 1963-03-30 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1963-09-08 Algerian population accepts constitution
- 1963-09-15 Ben Bella elected 1st president of Algeria
- 1963-10-14 Algeria & Morocco border conflict
- 1963-10-20 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1963-10-30 Morocco & Algeria sign cease fire
- 1964-06-15 Last French troops leave Algeria
- 1964-07-23 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
- 1964-11-28 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1965-02-27 France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1965-05-30 France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)
- 1965-06-19 Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, pres Ben Bella fired
- 1965-10-01 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1965-12-13 Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow
- 1966-02-16 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria
- 1967-06-30 Moise Tsjombe kidnapped to Algeria
- 1968-07-02 An El Al Israeli airliner is hijacked and diverted to Algeria by three armed members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
- 1971-02-24 Algeria nationalizes 51 percent of French oil concessions
- 1974-02-12 Heads of state of Algeria, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia discuss oil strategy in view of the progress in Arab-Israeli disengagement
- 1976-01-27 Morocco-Algeria battles in West Sahara
- 1976-03-07 Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
- 1976-11-22 Algeria Constitution goes into effect
- 1977-12-05 Egypt breaks off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & South Yemen
- 1979-02-07 Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds president Boumedienne in Algeria
Famous Birthdays
- 1655-02-07 Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
- 1669-06-24 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname, Algeria), born in Paris (d. 1740)
- 1808-09-06 Emir Abdelkader, Algerian political and military leader, born in Mascara, Algeria (d. 1883)
- 1856-05-25 Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general during WWI, born in Mostaganem, French Algeria (d. 1942)
- 1867-01-06 Georges Martin Witkowski, French conductor & composer, born in Mostaganem, Algeria (d. 1943)
- 1867-01-21 Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria)
- 1892-06-30 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner, Wooden Crosses,, Pastoral Symphony), born in Philippeville, Constantine, France (d. 1963)
- 1898-10-15 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (Olympic gold 1928), born in Ouled Djellal, Algeria (d. 1951)
- 1899-06-10 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), born in Roquecourbe, France (d. 1984)
- 1899-10-24 Ferhat Abbas, Algerian politician and President of the National Constituent Assembly of Algeria (1962-63), born in Taher, Algeria (d. 1985)
- 1900-03-24 June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet
- 1903-11-09 Leon-Etienne Duval, French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church in Algeria, born in Chênex, Haute-Savoie, France (d. 1996)
- 1905-04-02 Edmond Jouhaud, French general, born in Aïn Boucefar, French Algeria (d. 1995)
- 1910-06-04 Jacques Berque, French Islamic scholar, born in Frenda, Algeria (d. 1995)
- 1913-03-04 Taos Amrouche, Algerian writer and singer (d. 1976)
- 1913-07-27 Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria), born in Luino, Italy (d. 1983)
Albert Camus
1913-11-07 Albert Camus, French author (The Just-Nobel 1957), born in Dréan, Algeria (d. 1960)
Albert Camus
- 1914-04-27 Albert Soboult, French historian, born in Ammi Moussa, French Algeria (d. 1982)
- 1914-05-04 Emmanuel Roblès, Algerian-French novelist and playwright (Lesson Hauteurs), born in Oran, Algeria (d. 1995)
- 1917-04-04 Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist and rebel (barricade uprising), born in Guyotville, Algeria (d. 1995)
- 1918-12-25 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian politician, first President of Algeria (1963-65), born in Maghnia, Algeria (d. 2012)
- 1919-06-23 Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)
- 1921-01-01 Alain Mimoun, Algerian/French distance runner (Olympic marathon gold 1956; 3 x silver 1948, 52), born in Telagh, Algeria (d. 2013)
- 1925-01-09 Abdelhamid ben Hadouga, Algerian writer, born in Mansoura, Algeria (d. 1996)
- 1925-01-14 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-born French businessman, entrepreneur and soft-drink manufacturer (Orangina), born in Boufarik, French Algeria (d. 2013)
- 1925-11-09 Sir Alistair Horne, British historian and journalist (A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962), born in London (d. 2017)
- 1927-08-23 Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-78), born in Clauzel, Algeria (d. 1978)
- 1927-08-23 Martial Solal, French jazz pianist and composer, born in Algiers, French Algeria
- 1929-03-09 Marie Cardinal, French writer (La Clé Sur La Porte), born in French Algeria (d. 2001)
- 1932-05-10 Francoise Fabian, French actress (Happy New Year), born in Algiers, French Algeria
- 1933-03-30 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian actor and director (Églantine, Circle of Love, Cousins), born in Aumale, Algeria (d. 2007)
- 1936-06-30 Assia Djebar [Fatma-Zohra Imalhayène], Algerian writer and filmmaker, born in Iol, Algeria (d. 2015)
- 1936-08-01 Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, born in Oran, French Algeria (d. 2008)
- 1937-03-02 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (1999-2019), born in Oujda, Morocco
- 1937-09-17 Albertine Sarrazin, French author (L'astragale, La Cavale), born in Algiers, Algeria (d. 1967)
- 1938-12-11 Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer, born in Constantine, Algeria
- 1942-12-25 Françoise Dürr, French tennis player (French C'ships 1967), born in Algiers, French Algeria
- 1946-04-22 Nicole Garcia, French actress and director (Going Away), born in Oran, Algeria
- 1948-08-01 Abdelmalek Sellal, Prime Minister of Algeria (2014 - present), born in Constantine, Algeria
- 1948-09-10 Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
- 1950-01-24 Daniel Auteuil, French actor (Elegant Criminal, Manon of Spring), born in Algiers, Algeria
- 1956-01-14 Étienne Daho, French singer & songwriter, born in Oran, Algeria
- 1959-05-14 Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco)
- 1960-02-29 Khaled, Algerian raï musician
- 1965-02-05 Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian tennis player, born in Algiers, Algeria
- 1968-07-10 Hassisba Boulmerka, Algeria, 1500m (Olympic gold 1992)
- 1968-10-08 Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer, born in Oran, Algeria
- 1969-03-05 Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
- 1970-02-28 Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1996)
- 1975-05-14 Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer
- 1976-03-27 Djamel Belmadi, Algerian football player and manager (Al-Duhail), born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France
- 1977-05-27 Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete
- 1981-01-14 Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football, born in La Tronche, France
- 1982-10-07 Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer, born in Longvic, France
- 1983-04-18 Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian football player, born in Algiers, Algeria
- 1985-02-22 Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer, born in Essonne, France
- 1986-03-18 Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
Famous Deaths
- 1709-09-04 Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies
- 1740-07-19 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname, Algeria), dies at 71
- 1815-06-17 Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle
- 1883-05-24 Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)
- 1883-05-26 Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian leader, scholar and national hero (b.1808)
- 1935-09-19 Jules M Cambron, French gov-gen to Algeria/ambassador, dies
- 1959-10-18 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 61
- 1963-11-21 Pierre Blanchar, Algerian actor and director (Magnificent Sinner, Wooden Crosses,, Pastoral Symphony), dies from a brain tumor at 71
- 1978-12-27 Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-78), dies at 51
- 1983-02-10 Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria), dies at 69
- 1984-07-03 Raoul Salan, French Army general and leader of OAS; Secret Army Organization (Algeria), dies at 85
- 1985-12-24 Ferhat Abbas, Algerian politician and President of the National Constituent Assembly of Algeria (1962-63), dies at 86
- 1986-12-06 Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22
- 1992-06-29 Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73
- 1993-03-16 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
- 1993-03-17 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
- 1993-06-15 Mahfoud Boucebi, Algerian psychiatrist, murdered
- 1993-06-22 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52
- 1993-08-22 Kasdi Merbah, Prime Minister of Algeria (1988-89), assassinated
- 1993-10-10 Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52
- 1993-10-14 Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered
- 1993-10-18 Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31
- 1993-12-06 Rouaz Lakhdar, Algerian supreme court justice, murdered
- 1993-12-16 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46
- 1993-12-27 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
- 1994-02-19 Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71
- 1994-03-14 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
- 1994-03-26 Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41
- 1994-08-23 Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65
- 1994-09-29 Cheb Hasni, Algerian singer, murdered at 26
- 1994-12-03 Said Mekbel, Algerian editor in chief (Le Matin), murdered at 57
- 1995-02-12 Rachid Mimouni, Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at 49
- 1995-02-13 Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
- 1995-02-13 Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49
- 1995-02-15 Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist and rebel (barricade uprising), dies at 77
- 1995-02-15 Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33
- 1995-02-22 Lembarek Boumaarafi, Algerian murderer of President Boudiaf, dies
- 1995-02-22 Emmanuel Roblès, Algerian-French novelist and playwright (Lesson Hauteurs), dies at 80
- 1995-03-20 Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
- 1996-05-30 Leon-Etienne Duval, French prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church in Algeria, dies at 92
- 1996-09-22 Mohammed Ben Amhed Abdelghani, Prime Minister of Algeria (1979-84), dies
- 2003-02-04 Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920)
- 2007-05-30 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian actor and director (Églantine, Circle of Love, Cousins), dies of cancer at 74
- 2010-08-14 Tahar Wattar, Algerian novelist (b. 1936)
- 2012-02-13 Mohamed Lamari, Chief of Staff of the Algerian Army, dies from a heart attack at 72
- 2012-04-11 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian politician, first president of Algeria (1963-65), dies at 93
- 2012-10-06 Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian president, dies from cancer at 83
- 2013-06-27 Alain Mimoun, Algerian/French distance runner (Olympic marathon gold 1956; 3 x silver 1948, 52), dies at 92
- 2013-12-02 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-born French businessman, entrepreneur and soft-drink manufacturer (Orangina), dies at 88
- 2017-05-25 Sir Alistair Horne, British historian and journalist (A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962), dies at 91