[rootoronpunty]

Timeline Algeria1834: France annexes Algeria
1945: Several thousand Algerians are killed during pro-independence riots in Constantine
1954: Algerian exiles in Egypt create the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) and start the civil war
1956: Algerian freedom fighter Ben Bella is arrested by French police
1959: DeGaulle grants Algeria the right to vote on independence
1962: After the deaths of about 100,000 French and about 1,000,000 Algerians, Algeria is declared independent
1962: Ben Bella, released from French prison, returns to Algeria and becomes its first president
1965: Houari Boumedienne seizes power in Algeria and keeps Ben Bella under house arrests for 15 years
1976: Algeria is declared a socialist state
1978: Boumedienne dies and is replaced by Benjedid Chadly as president of Algeria
1980: Berbers demonstrate against Arab domination in Algeria ("Spring of Kabyle")
1988: Anti-government riots in Algiers
1990: The Front Islamique du Salut (FIS) defeats the FLN by a large margin of votes in several local elections in Algeria
1992: The Algerian army cancels national elections won by the FIS and seizes power, while Islamic radicals of the Arme` Islamique du Salut (AIS), the military wing of the FIS, begin a guerrilla campaign
1993: A group of of Algerian "Afghans" (Islamic fighters who received their military training in Afghanistan) form the Group Islamique Arme` (GIA) with the mission to exterminate all infidels (basically Jews and Christians)
1994: Liamine Zeroual is appointed Algerian president by the army
1996: All religious parties are outlawed from future Algerian elections
1997: The GIA becomes the main rebel group fighting the Algerian government
1999: Abdelaziz Bouteflika is elected president of Algeria after all other candidates withdraw or are disuqalified
1999: The GIA and the AIS approve peace talks with the Algerian government
2002: The FLN wins national elections boycotted by all opposition parties

Link