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Name: bizerte

Type: Cluster

Start: 1536 AD

End: 1963 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Bizerte (Spain)
  • Bizerte (France)
  • Establishment


  • January 1536: Spanish forces captured the city of Bizerte in present-day Tunisia.
  • Chronology


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    1. Bizerte Crisis


    Occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left some 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead and eventually led to France ceding the city and naval base to Tunisia in 1963.

  • October 1963: It occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left some 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead and eventually led to France ceding the city and naval base to Tunisia in 1963.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1556: Charles V, who was King of Spain and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, left the Spanish Empire to his son Philip and the Austrian Lands to his brother Ferdinand I.

  • January 1574: Spanish Bizerte fell to the Hafsid Kingdom.

  • March 1956: Due to Bizerte's strategic location on the Mediterranean, France retained control of the city and their naval base after Tunisian independence in 1956.

  • Disestablishment


  • October 1963: It occurred in July 1961 when Tunisia imposed a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte, Tunisia, hoping to force its evacuation. The crisis culminated in a three-day battle between French and Tunisian forces that left some 630 Tunisians and 24 French dead and eventually led to France ceding the city and naval base to Tunisia in 1963.
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