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The first Governor-General of Algeria

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Time: 1830

Place: Algeria

Details: The French invaded Algeria in 1830. Directed by Marshall Bugeaud, who became the first Governor-General of Algeria, the conquest was violent, marked by a "scorched earth" policy designed to reduce the power of the native rulers, the Dey, including massacres, mass rapes, and other atrocities.

Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.

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