- Phoenician traders arrive (900 BC)
- Vandal Kingdom (435 - 534 AD)
- Byzantine Empire occupies Algeria (534 - 8th century AD)
- Conquered by Umayyad Caliphate (8th century AD)
- Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
- Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD)
- Zirid dynasty (972- 1148 AD)
- Berber Revolt (739-743 AD)
- Emirate of Tlemcen (742 - 1066 AD)
- Maghrawa dynasty (970-1069)
- Hammadid dynasty (1014-1152)
- Kingdom of Tlemcen (1235-1554)
- First Spanish conquest of Oran (1509)
- Kingdom of Beni Abbas (1510-1872)
- Kingdom of Kuku (1515-1638)
- Ottoman Algeria (1516-1830)
- Second Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)
- Spanish-Algerian War (1775-1785)
- French Algeria (1830-1962)
- Algerian War for independence (1954-1962)
- Military coup d'état (1965)
- October Riots (1988)
- Algerian Civil War (1991-2002)
- Military coup d'état (1992)
- Algerian protests (2010-2012)
- Algerian protests (2019 - now)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Algeria at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Algeria.)
