France annexes, as a colony, the occupied…

France annexes, as a colony, the occupied areas of Algeria, which have an estimated Muslim population of about two million in 1834.

Colonial administration in the occupied areas—the so-called régime du sabre (government of the sword)—is placed under a governor general, a high-ranking army officer invested with civil and military jurisdiction, who is responsible to the minister of war.

Marshall Bugeaud, who becomes the first governor-general, heads the conquest, making a systemic use of torture and following a "scorched earth" policy.