{"slug": "french-algeria", "label": "French Algeria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218272", "qid": "Q218272", "description": "French colony in Northern Africa from 1830 to 1962", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1783, 1962], "span_label": ["1783 CE", "1962 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "charles-de-gaulle", "label": "Charles de Gaulle", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont, French general, governor-general of French Algeria (d. 1837)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370056030#Births", "title": "1783", "revid": 1370056030, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1830, "year_label": "1830 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – French invasion of Algiers, leading to creation of French Algeria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352223718#July–September", "title": "1830", "revid": 1352223718, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1837, "year_label": "1837 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – The French army under Sylvain Charles Valée captures the city of Constantine in French Algeria after a siege of three days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360323585#October–December", "title": "1837", "revid": 1360323585, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Mokrani Revolt breaks out in French Algeria against colonial rule.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#January–March", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France, dismisses Jacques Massu as commander-in-chief of French troops in Algeria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#January", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – 1962 Algerian independence referendum in French Algeria: Supporters of Algerian independence win a 99% majority in a referendum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#July", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › July"}}]}