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  2. Timeline of Algiers - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of Fine Arts of Algiers established. Quai de la Marine extended. [12] Cinema opens. [13] 1909 – University of Algiers founded. [14] 1910 – Grand Post Office built. [15] 1912 – Population: 172,397. [16] 1921 – Mouloudia Chaàbia d'Alger football club formed. 1924 – Maison Blanche Airport begins operating.

  3. Algiers - Wikipedia

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    Algiers [a] is the capital and ... Ornate Ottoman cannon found in Algiers on 8 October 1581 by Ca'fer el-Mu'allim. Length: 385 cm, cal:178 mm, weight: 2910 kg, stone ...

  4. History of Algeria - Wikipedia

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    [55] [56] With Fatimid support Ziri founded his own capital and palace at 'Ashir, south-east of Algiers, in 936. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] [ 59 ] He proved his worth as a key ally in 945, during the Kharijite rebellion of Abu Yazid , when he helped break Abu Yazid's siege of the Fatimid capital, Mahdia .

  5. Algeria - Wikipedia

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    Algeria has 26 universities and 67 institutions of higher education, which must accommodate a million Algerians and 80,000 foreign students in 2008. The University of Algiers, founded in 1879, is the oldest, it offers education in various disciplines (law, medicine, science and letters). Twenty-five of these universities and almost all of the ...

  6. History of the Regency of Algiers - Wikipedia

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    The Regency of Algiers was founded in 1516 and existed as largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire until the French invasion of 1830.Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, the Regency was an important pirate base for Barbary corsairs and became involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers.

  7. French Algeria - Wikipedia

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    The attack of Admiral Duperré during the take-over of Algiers in 1830 Fighting at the gates of Algiers in 1830 Ornate Ottoman cannon, length: 385cm, cal:178mm, weight: 2910, stone projectile, founded 8 October 1581 in Algiers, seized by France at Algiers in 1830. Musée de l'Armée, Paris

  8. Category:History of Algiers - Wikipedia

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    Military history of Algiers (7 C, 11 P) Pages in category "History of Algiers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.

  9. Regency of Algiers - Wikipedia

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    The Regency of Algiers [a] [b] was an early modern semi-independent Ottoman province and nominal vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Reis (also known as the Barbarossa brothers), the Regency succeeded the Kingdom of Tlemcen as an infamous and formidable base that waged maritime holy war on European Christian ...