September 3
September 3, 1758: On this day King Joseph I of Portugal barely survived an assassination attempt outside Lisbon when three men intercepted his unmarked carriage outside the Portuguese capital. In the weeks that followed […]
The History of Winemaking in Algeria: The Beginning (part I)
The Beginning (part I) Algeria was the largest wine producer in the middle of the previous century, and its wine export was more than the combined export of the three significant exporters, i.e., France, […]
July 31
July 31, 1556: On this day, Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as the Jesuits) died in the city of Rome. The Jesuits had been established in […]
July 5
July 5, 1894: On this day in 1894 Austen Henry Layard died. An archaeologist, politician, historian and travel writer, he is most famous for having discovered the Library of King Ashurbanipal in the remains […]
June 14
June 14, 1830: On this day in 1830 a French army consisting of 34,000 men under the command of General Louis-Auguste de Bourmont landed 27 kilometers west of Algiers in Algeria to begin the […]
Algeria’s Vineyards Were Converted to Other Purposes
April 18, 1951 On this day in 1951, the Treaty of Paris was signed, which brought the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the forerunner of the European […]
