The bey of Tunis is unable to meet his financial obligation to Europe and is obliged to accept and international financial control of England, France, and Italy. In France, Cr mieux becomes France s Minister of Justice. The Cr mieux Decree grants Algerian Jews French citizenship. France declares war on Prussia. Napoleon III is defeated at Sedan.
Third Republic begins.
Paris falls to the Prussians. In Algeria some vilolence acts are committed against Jews. 1878 Lord Salisbury, at the Congress of Berlin offers the French a free hand in Tunis. First Alliance Isra lite Universelle school is opened in Tunis, Tunisia. 1879 Algeria is put under civil government.