Anniversary of the Revolution around the world in 2024

Anniversary of the Revolution around the world in 2024
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Anniversary of the Revolution
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2026 AlgeriaNov 1
Algeria Sun, Nov 1National Holiday
2025 AlgeriaNov 1
Algeria Sat, Nov 1National Holiday
2024 AlgeriaNov 1
Algeria Fri, Nov 1National Holiday
2023 AlgeriaNov 1
Algeria Wed, Nov 1National Holiday
2022 AlgeriaNov 1
Algeria Tue, Nov 1National Holiday
  Summary

Marks the birth of the National Liberation Front in 1954 and the start of the Algerian War

The Anniversary of the Revolution Day is the national holiday of Algeria.

It is celebrated on November 1st and commemorates the start of the war of independence against France.

History of Algerian Revolution Day

From the start of the sixteenth century, Algeria had been under the partial rule of the Ottoman Empire. In 1830, the country was invaded by France. The conquest of Algeria was a long and bloody affair, and unusually for French foreign territories, Algeria's status was that it was treated as being part of France rather than as a colony.

Emigration from Europe to Algeria was encouraged by the French, with tribal lands confiscated by the French government and Europeans even becoming the majority of the population in some cities like Algiers.

In the middle of the twentieth century, local resentment to the presence of France by the local Muslim population led to the uprising known as the 'Red (bloody) All Saints' Day' (French: Toussaint Rouge).

On November 1st1954, the Christian festival of All Saints' Day, 70 individual coordinated attacks were made on police and military targets across Algeria by the National Liberation Front (FLN). These attacks signaled the start of the Algerian War. The events of November 1st 1954 became known as the 'Red (bloody) All Saints' Day' (French: Toussaint Rouge).

While France won the conflict and regained control of the country, the brutality of the suppression of the revolution further alienated the Algerians and resulted in a loss of support for France's control of Algeria, both in France and abroad. This change in attitude directly led to independence from Algeria on July 5th 1962.


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