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1898 Algerian Riots
The 1898 Algerian riots were a series of violent and antisemitic attacks or pogroms against the History of the Jews in Algeria, Jewish community in Algeria, French North Africa, that occurred from January 18 to 24, 1898. The riots were sparked by the release of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer who had been falsely convicted of treason. Riots occurred in Algiers, Mostaganem, Si-Mustapha, Boufarik, and Blida.Szajkowski, Z. (1948). Socialists and Radicals in the Development of Antisemitism in Algeria (1884-1900). Jewish Social Studies, 257-280. Over 700 people were convicted and received prison terms for the riots. SynagogueAlger.jpg, Great Synagogue of Algiers protected during the riots File:1898 Algeria Pogrom.jpg, 1898 report on the anti-Jewish riot in Algeria References Riots and civil disorder in Algeria Antisemitism in French Algeria January 1898 Anti-Jewish pogroms in North Africa Dreyfus affair 1898 in Algeria 19th century in Algiers History of Mostagane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 Anti-semitic Riots In Algiers
Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. * January 13 – Novelist Émile Zola's open letter to the President of the French Republic on the Dreyfus affair, , is published on the front page of the Paris daily newspaper , accusing the government of wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus and of antisemitism. February * February 12 – The automobile belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton rolls out of control down a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on a public highway. * February 15 – Spanish–American War: The explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, Cuba, for reasons never fully established, killing 266 men. The event precipitates the United States' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
