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Abbas, Ferhat. 1899-1995. First President of independent Algeria 1962-3.
Abd ar-Rahman. c1779-1859. Sultan of Morocco/Fez, 1822. Fought French, 1844 in Algeria.
Abd el-Kader. 1808-83. Arab emir who fought French 1840-46; founded Algerian state.
Alger, Horatio. 1832-99. US writer of boys’ “rags to riches” stories. Ragged Dick 1868.
Algeria. c2000BC Berber. 12C BC Phoenicia...9C BC Carthage. 146 BC Rome. 429 Vandal. 6C Byzantine. 7C Moslem. c1500 Spain. 1518 Ottoman. 1671 Independent. 1830 France. 1962 Independent.
Algerian Revolutionary War. 1954-62. Plebiscite granted independence from France, 1962.
Algerian War. 1831-46. France conquers Algeria.
Barbarossa II. 1466-1546. Turkish pirate. Conquered Algiers 1518, Tunis 1534.
Barbary Piracy. 1518-1830. G. Washington pays $1M to free enslaved seamen 1796. US attacks Tripoli 1815. French sieze Algiers, 1830.
Ben Bella, Ahmed. 1918-. Algerian Socialist revolutionary. President 1962-5. House arrest 1965-79.
Boumédienne, Houari. 1925-78. Islamic Algerian President from 1965 coup.
Coty, René. 1882-1962. President of France, 1954-59. Algerian Crisis 1958, led to return of deGaulle.
FLN. 1954-62. Algerian National Liberation Front conducts war vs France.
Foreign Legion. 1831-. French army unit of foreign volunteers, French officers founded in Algeria.
Hiss, Alger. 1904-96. Alleged communist spy in US State Department. Jailed for perjury 1950-4.
Nixon, Richard. 1913-94. US president 1969-74. Hiss investigation. Checkers. China relations. Vietnam cease-fire. Watergate. Pardoned.
Numidia. 3C BC-428. Country in N Africa. 46BC Rome. 428 Vandal. ≈Algeria.
OAS. Organisation de l’Armée Secrète. 1961-9. Right-wing terrorist anti-Gaullist group founded by Salan. Failed revolt in Algeria 1961.
Swinburne, Algernon. 1837-1909. English poet. Song of Italy.
Ziyanids. 1235-1393. Algerian dynasty.
Zouaves. 1831-71. French African infantry. Algeria. Crimean War.