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Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
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French colony and later territory in Northern Africa from 1830 to 1962
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Part of the French conquest of Algeria
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