Algeria's relations with the Netherlands during the Ottoman period

    One of the most important European countries to have relations with Algeria during the Ottoman period was the Netherlands, a country that emerged in the early 17th century following the political and religious conflict in the lowlands under Spanish rule. The most important characteristic of these relations is the presence of Dutch consuls in Algiers from 1616 to 1830. However, this Dutch diplomatic presence in the territory of Algeria does not mean that the relations between the two countries were in a state of permanent peace, but the Dutch were sometimes involved with countries Other Europeans in acts of aggression against the Algerian coast, perhaps from

The most famous of them was the Anglo-Dutch campaign against Algiers in 1816. Often the Dutch carried out unilateral military campaigns against Algeria under the pretext of liberating Dutch prisoners. When relations worsened, they sent envoys to Algeria to reach armistice agreements and improve relations such as Cornelis Begnaker and Thomas Hess. This is what we will try to highlight in this paper.