List of conflicts in Algeria

This is a list of conflicts in Algeria arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This list includes both nationwide and international types of war, including (but not limited to) the following: wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that occurred within the territory of what is today known as the, "People's Democratic Republic of Algeria" but was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, massacres, and genocides.

Ancient times

Carthaginian Empire

264 BCE — 146 BCE Punic Wars

Kingdom of Numidia

112 BCE — 106 BCE Jugurthine War
- 111 BCE — 104 BCE Battle of Thala
- 110 BCE Battle of Suthul
- 108 BCE Battle of the Muthul

Roman province of Africa

May 430 CE The Vandal Kingdom laid siege to the walled city of Hippo Regius.^[1]
October 431 CE Hippo Regius fell to the Vandals.^[2]
439 CE Genseric chose to break the treaty between the Vandals and the Roman Empire when he invaded the province of Africa Proconsularis.^[3]

Medieval times

Vandal Kingdom

June 533 CE — March 534 CE Vandalic War

Umayyad Caliphate

680 CE — 692 CE Second Fitna
744 CE — 746 CE Third Fitna

Abbasid Caliphate

809 CE — 827 CE Fourth Fitna

Zirid and Hammadid emirates

Hilalian invasion of North Africa

Almoravid Empire

1053 CE — 1080 CE Almoravid conquest of Northern Africa

Almohad Caliphate

1160 CE All of Ifriqiya was conquered and annexed by the Almohad Caliphate.^[4]

Zayyanid Kingdom

1235 CE — 1248 CE Zayyanid–Almohad wars
1299 CE — 1307 Siege of Tlemcen
1313 CE Zayyanid conquest of Algiers
1326 CE Siege of Bejaia
1329 CE Battle of Er Rias and Conquest of Ifriqiya
1335 CE — 1337 CE Siege of Tlemcen
1366 CE Béjaïa expedition
1501 CE Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501)
1505 CE Capture of Mers-el-Kébir by Spain
1507 CE Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1507)
1509 CE Spanish conquest of Oran
1510 CE Siege of Algiers
1510 CE Siege of Mostaganem
1518 CE Campaign of Tlemcen (1518)
1535 CE Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535)
1543 CE Spanish Campaign to Tlemcen and Abu Zayyan III reconquest
1551 CE Campaign of Tlemcen (1551)
1557 CE Campaign of Tlemcen (1557)

Modern times

Regency of Algiers

1516 CE Capture of Algiers
1518 CE Fall of Tlemcen
1529 CE Capture of the Peñón of Algiers
1541 CE Algiers expedition (1541)
1552 CE Tuggurt Expedition
1556 CE Siege of Oran
1558 CE Expedition to Mostaganem
1563 CE Siege of oran
1563 CE Sieges Mers El Kébir
1627 CE Tunisian-Algerian war
1664 CE Djidjelli expedition
1681 CE — 1688 CE French-Algerian War 1681–88
Conflicts between Hadj Chabane and Moulay Ismael
- 1692 CE Battle of Moulouya
- 1693 CE Siege of Oran
1699 CE — 1702 CE Maghrebi war
- 1699 CE — 1700 CE Mascara campaign (1699-1700)
- 1699 CE — 1700 CE Constantine campaign (1699-1700)
- 1700 CE Battle of Jouami' al-Ulama
- 1701 CE Battle of Chelif
1705 CE Algerian-Tunisian War
1707 CE Oran Expedition
1707 — 1708 CE Siege of Oran
1732 CE Conquest of oran
1735 CE Algerian-Tunisian War
1756 CE Algerian-Tunisian war
1769 CE — 1772 CE Danish-Algerian War
1775 CE — 1785 CE Spanish-Algerian war
- 1775 CE Invasion of Algiers
- 1783 CE Bombardment of Algiers
- 1784 CE Bombardment of Algiers
1790 CE — 1792 CE Siege of Oran
1807 CE Algerian-Tunisian war
1815 CE Second Barbary Wars
1816 CE Bombardment of Algiers
1830 CE Invasion of Algiers
- Disembarkement at Sidi Fredj
- Battle of Staouéli
- Battle of Sidi Khalef
- Siege of Bordj Moulay Hassan

Emirate of Abdelkader

1832 CE Battle of Kheng Nettah
1835 CE Battle of Sig, Battle of Macta, Battle of Mascara
1836 CE Battle of Habrah, Battle of Tlemcen, Battle of Sikkak
1837 CE Battle of Reghaia, Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha, First Battle of Boudouaou, Battle of Somah, Battle of Dellys
1839 CE Battle of Mitijda
1840 CE Battle of Mazagran
1842 CE Battle of Beni Mered
1843 CE Battle of Smala
1844 CE Second Battle of Dellys
1845 CE Battle of Sidi Brahim
1846 CE Battle of Issers
1847 CE Battle of Oued Aslaf, Battle of Argueddin

Beylik of Constantine

1832 CE Battle of Bône
1833 CE 1st Battle of Bejaia
1835 CE 2nd Battle of Bejaia
1836 CE Battle of Constantine
1837 CE Siege of Constantine
1842 CE Battle of Ain Roumel
1842 CE Battle of Djbel Bou Taleb

French Département of Alger

1830 CE — 1903 CE French conquest of Algeria
1850 CE –- 1871 CE Taiping Rebellion
1851 CE Bombardment of Salé
1853 CE –- 1856 CE Crimean War
1871 CE Mokrani revolt
1881 CE French conquest of Tunisia

A map showing the Allied landings on Algeria during Operation Torch in 1942 CE.

Vichy France

1 September 1939 CE — 2 September 1945 CE Second World War
- 10 June 1940 CE — 2 May 1945 CE Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
  - 10 June 1940 CE — 13 May 1943 CE North African Campaign
    - 8 November 1942 CE — 16 November 1942 CE Operation Torch
      - 8 November 1942 Operation Reservist
      - 8 November 1942 Operation Terminal
8 May 1945 CE Sétif and Guelma massacre

French Département of Algérie

1 November 1, 1954 CE — 19 March 1962 CE Algerian War of Independence
- 1 November 1954 CE Toussaint Rouge
- 18 January 1955 CE Battle of Douar Souadek
- 18 January – 24 February 1955 CE Operation Véronique
- September 1955 CE First battle of El Djorf
- 20 August 1955 CE Battle of Philippeville
- April 1956 CE — 1 October 1956 CE Operation Blue Bird
- 30 September 1956 CE — 24 September 1957 CE Battle of Algiers
- 23 May 1957 CE — 25 May 1957 CE Battle of Agounennda
- 4–12 August 1957 Battle of Bouzegza
- 21 january 1958 – 28 May 1958 Battle of the borders (Algerian war)

Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic

1 November 1954 CE — 19 March 1962 CE Algerian War of Independence
- 13 May 1958 CE Crisis
- 28–31 May 1958 CE Battle of Bab el Bekkouche
- July 1959 CE — March 1960 CE Operation Jumelles
- 21 April 1961 CE — 26 April 1961 CE Algiers putsch
- 23 March 1962 CE — 6 April 1962 CE Battle of Bab El Oued

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

October 1963 CE Sand War
1980 CE Berber Spring
October 1988 CE Riots
26 December 1991 CE — February 2002 CE Algerian Civil War
- 3 April 1997 CE — 4 April 1997 CE Thalit massacre
- 22 April 1997 CE Haouch Khemisti massacre
- 16 June 1997 CE Daïat Labguer (M'sila) Massacre
- 27 July 1997 CE Si Zerrouk massacre
- 3 August 1997 CE Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre
- 20 August 1997 CE — August 21, 1,997 CE Souhane massacre
- 26 August 1997 CE Beni Ali massacre
- 28 August 1997 CE Rais massacre
- 5 September 1997 CE - 6 September 1997 CE Beni Messous massacre
- 19 September 1997 CE — 20 September 1997 CE Guelb El-Kebir massacre
- 22 September 1997 CE — 23 September 1997 CE Bentalha massacre
- 23 December 1997 CE — 24 December 1997 CE Sid El-Antri massacre
- 30 December 1997 CE Wilaya of Relizane massacres
11 April 2002 CE — Present Insurgency in the Maghreb
- 16–19 January 2013 CE In Amenas hostage crisis
28 December 2010 CE — 10 January 2012 CE Algerian protests

References

^ Collins 2000, p. 124
^ Thomas Hogdkins, Italy and Her Invaders, second edition (Oxford, 1892), vol. 2 pp. 244-248
^ Collins 2000, pp. 124–125
^ For an account of the Almohad and Norman conquests of Ifriqiya, see Ibn al-Athir (p.578ff)

Works cited

Collins, Roger (2000). "Vandal Africa, 429–533". The Cambridge Ancient History. Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425–600. Vol. XIV. Cambridge University Press. pp. 124–126.

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