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The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) [nb 1] was a major armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria winning its independence from France. [29]
However, due to confused orders, Algerian troops massacred 200 Corsican, Sicilian, and Sardinian fishermen who were under British protection just after the treaty was signed. This caused outrage in Britain and Europe, and Exmouth's negotiations were seen as a failure. [11] Council of war on board the Queen Charlotte, 1818, Nicolaas Bauer
A treaty or "Capitulation" was signed between Venice and the Ottoman Empire to end the war on 2 October 1540. ... French-Algerian War (1681–1688) ... British Empire
The war ended in 1962, with Algeria gaining independence following the Évian Accords in March 1962 and a self-determination referendum in July 1962. During its last years as part of France, Algeria was a founding member of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community. [11]
In August 1816 Lord Exmouth's naval bombardment of Algiers, [267] ended in victory for the British and Dutch, a weakened Algerian navy, and the liberation of 1200 slaves. [268] After this defeat some European nations agreed to pay tribute again, and Dey Omar Agha managed to restore the defenses of Algiers, [269] but he was eventually killed. [270]
The Algerian–American War was a state of conflict which existed between the Regency of Algiers and the United States that lasted from 1785 to 1795. Occurring after the U.S. became independent from the British Empire as a result of the American Revolutionary War, Algiers declared war on the United States after realizing that American merchant shipping was no longer under the protection of the ...
The Second Barbary War, also known as the U.S.–Algerian War [2] and the Algerine War, [3] was a brief military conflict between the United States and the North African state of Algiers in 1815. Piracy had been rampant along the North African "Barbary" coast of the Mediterranean Sea since the 16th century.
With the accession of James I (1603–1625) to power in England, Anglo-Algerian relations moved from peaceful diplomacy to maritime hostilities.An "opponent of Islam", he damaged relations with the Regency of Algiers by issuing privateering licenses to his subjects, enabling them to attack ships of the Barbary states. [4]