Beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria" id="mwkA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Algeria">French colonization of Algeria</a>: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Algiers_in_1830" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Invasion of Algiers in 1830">invasion of Algiers</a>, landing 27 kilometers west at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Fredj" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sidi Fredj">Sidi Fredj</a>.