This is a list of conflicts in Algeria arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This list includes both nationwide and international types of war, including (but not limited to) the following: wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that occurred within the territory of what is today known as the, "People's Democratic Republic of Algeria" but was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, massacres, and genocides.
Ancient times
Carthaginian Empire
264 BCE — 146 BCE Punic Wars
Kingdom of Numidia
112 BCE — 106 BCE Jugurthine War
111 BCE — 104 BCE Battle of Thala
110 BCE Battle of Suthul
108 BCE Battle of the Muthul
Roman province of Africa
May 430 CE The Vandal Kingdom laid siege to the walled city of Hippo Regius. October 431 CE Hippo Regius fell to the Vandals. 439 CE Genseric chose to break the treaty between the Vandals and the Roman Empire when he invaded the province of Africa Proconsularis.
Medieval times
Vandal Kingdom
June 533 CE — March 534 CE Vandalic War
Byzantine Praetorian prefecture of Africa
534 CE — 577 CE The Moorish Wars
534 CE First Moorish Uprising
544 CE Second Moorish Uprising
Byzantine Exarchate of Africa
647 CE — 709 CE Muslim conquest of North Africa
Rashidun Caliphate
647 CE — 709 CE Muslim conquest of North Africa
656 CE — 661 CE First Fitna
Umayyad Caliphate
680 CE — 692 CE Second Fitna
744 CE — 746 CE Third Fitna
Abbasid Caliphate
809 CE — 827 CE Fourth Fitna
Zirid and Hammadid emirates
Hilalian invasion of North Africa
Almoravid Empire
1053 CE — 1080 CE Almoravid conquest of Northern Africa
Almohad Caliphate
1160 CE All of Ifriqiya was conquered and annexed by the Almohad Caliphate.
Zayyanid Kingdom
1235 CE — 1248 CE Zayyanid–Almohad wars
1299 CE — 1307 Siege of Tlemcen
1313 CE Zayyanid conquest of Algiers
1326 CE Siege of Bejaia
1329 CE Battle of Er Rias and Conquest of Ifriqiya
1335 CE — 1337 CE Siege of Tlemcen
1366 CE Béjaïa expedition
1501 CE Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1501) 1505 CE Capture of Mers-el-Kébir by Spain 1507 CE Battle of Mers-el-Kébir (1507) 1509 CE Spanish conquest of Oran 1510 CE Siege of Algiers 1510 CE Siege of Mostaganem 1518 CE Campaign of Tlemcen (1518) 1535 CE Spanish expedition to Tlemcen (1535) 1543 CE Spanish Campaign to Tlemcen and Abu Zayyan III reconquest 1551 CE Campaign of Tlemcen (1551) 1557 CE Campaign of Tlemcen (1557)
Modern times
Regency of Algiers
1516 CE Capture of Algiers
1518 CE Fall of Tlemcen
1529 CE Capture of the Peñón of Algiers
1541 CE Algiers expedition (1541)
1552 CE Tuggurt Expedition
1556 CE Siege of Oran
1558 CE Expedition to Mostaganem
1563 CE Siege of oran
1563 CE Sieges Mers El Kébir
1627 CE Tunisian-Algerian war
1664 CE Djidjelli expedition
1681 CE — 1688 CE French-Algerian War 1681–88
Conflicts between Hadj Chabane and Moulay Ismael
1692 CE Battle of Moulouya
1693 CE Siege of Oran
1699 CE — 1702 CE Maghrebi war
1699 CE — 1700 CE Mascara campaign (1699-1700) 1699 CE — 1700 CE Constantine campaign (1699-1700) 1700 CE Battle of Jouami' al-Ulama 1701 CE Battle of Chelif 1705 CE Algerian-Tunisian War 1707 CE Oran Expedition 1707 — 1708 CE Siege of Oran 1732 CE Conquest of oran 1735 CE Algerian-Tunisian War 1756 CE Algerian-Tunisian war 1769 CE — 1772 CE Danish-Algerian War 1775 CE — 1785 CE Spanish-Algerian war 1775 CE Invasion of Algiers 1783 CE Bombardment of Algiers 1784 CE Bombardment of Algiers 1790 CE — 1792 CE Siege of Oran 1807 CE Algerian-Tunisian war 1816 CE Bombardment of Algiers 1830 CE Invasion of Algiers Disembarkement at Sidi Fredj Battle of Staouéli Battle of Sidi Khalef Siege of Bordj Moulay Hassan