When did Algiers become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1516
   Note

   Answering the townspeople's call for help against Spain, the Barbarossa brothers seized the city.

   Sultan: Selim I
2. 1519
   Became Ottoman

   With a petition of October 1519 Hızır Reis (Hayreddin Barbarossa) placed himself under Selim I; Algiers joined the Ottoman lands.

   Sultan: Selim I
3. 1830
   Left Ottoman rule

   The French occupied the city of Algiers on 5 July 1830.

   Sultan: Mahmud II · Event page →

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Algiers”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “CEZAYİR” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.