List of conflicts in Algeria
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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.
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
Byzantine Praetorian prefecture of Africa
- 534 CE — 577 CE The Moorish Wars
- 534 CE First Moorish Uprising
- 544 CE Second Moorish Uprising
Byzantine Exarchate of Africa
- 647 CE — 709 CE Muslim conquest of North Africa
Rashidun Caliphate
- 647 CE — 709 CE Muslim conquest of North Africa
- 656 CE — 661 CE First Fitna
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
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)
