Invasion of Algiers in 1830

When

14 Jun 1830 – 7 Jul 1830

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

36.78° N, 3.06° E

Description

1830 French military campaign

1830 campaign of the French conquest of Algeria

The invasion of Algiers was a large-scale military operation by which the Kingdom of France, ruled by King Charles X, invaded and conquered the Regency of Algiers. A diplomatic incident in 1827, the so-called 'Fan Affair', served as a pretext to initiate a blockade against the port of Algiers.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French invasion of Algiers, leading to creation of French Algeria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise d’Alger par l’armée française, commandée par le comte de Bourmont”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “вторжение французской армии в Алжир”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page