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| 1960, June 25–29 |
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| Abortive talks in Paris between France and members of the provisional Algerian government. The latter balked after being informed that they would have to lay down their arms before negotiations could begin. | 1 |
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| 1961, April 22–26 |
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| THE GENERALS' INSURRECTION in Algiers (See April 23). Four top-ranking commanders in the French army organized a mutiny to protest de Gaulle's policy of accommodation toward the Algerian rebels. The coup failed when most of France's armed forces refused to take part in it. | 2 |
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| April |
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| Formation of the Organisation de l'Armée Secrète (O.A.S.) by extremist settlers, who mounted a fierce guerrilla campaign against French officials and Muslim Algerians. The organization suspended operations on June 26, 1962, more than three months after Algerian independence. | 3 |
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| Aug. 27 |
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| Replacement of Ferhat Abbas by Ben Youssef Ben Khedda as prime minister of the Algerian provisional government. | 4 |
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