In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France, the conquest of Algeria was initiated by Charles X as an attempt to increase his popularity amongst the French people. The invasion began on 5 July 1830. Afterwards Algeria would become a territory within the French colonial empire from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. List (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) French colony of Algeria (1830–1848) {| class="wikitable" |- align=left ! Tenure ! Incumbent ! Notes ! width=50px|Portrait |- valign=top |5 July 1830 to 12 August 1830||Louis-Auguste-Victor, Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont, Military Commander|||| |- valign=top |12 August 1830 to 21 February/21 March? 1831|| Bertrand Clauzel, comte Clausel, Military Commander||1st term|| |- valign=top |21 February/21 March 1831 to ?6/21 December 1831|| Pierre Berthezéne, Baron Berthezéne, Military Commander|||| |- valign=top |?6/21 December 1831 to 29 April 1833||Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duc de Rovigo, Military Commander|||| |- valign=top |29 April 1833 to 27 July 1834||Théophile Voirol, Baron Voirol, interim Military Commander|||| |- valign=top |27 July 1834 to 8 July 1835||Jean-Baptiste Drouet, comte d'Erlon, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa|||| |- valign=top |8 July 1835 to 12 February 1837||Bertrand, comte Clauzel, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa||2nd term|| |- valign=top |12 February 1837 to 12/13 October 1837||Charles Marie Denys, comte de Damrémont, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa||Killed in combat during the siege of Constantine|| |- valign=top |12/13 October 1837 to 11 November 1837|||| |- valign=top |11 November/1 December 1837 to 18 December 1840||Sylvain Charles, comte Valée, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa|||| |- valign=top |22 February 1841 to February 1842||Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa||||rowspan="2"| |- valign=top |February 1842 to 27 September 1847||Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Governor-General of Algeria|| |- valign=top | 1 September 1845 to 6 July 1847|| Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, acting Governor-General of Algeria||For Bugeaud|| |- valign=top | 6 July 1847 to 27 September 1847|| Marie Alphonse Bedeau, acting Governor-General of Algeria||For Begeaud|| |- valign=top |27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848||Henri-Eugène-Philippe-Louis d'Orleans, duc d'Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria|||| |- valign=top |24 February 1848 to 29 April 1848||Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Governor-General of Algeria|||| |- valign=top |29 April 1848 to 9 September 1848||Nicolas Changarnier, Governor-General of Algeria|||| |- valign=top | 20 June 1848 to 9 September 1848|| , acting Governor-General of Algeria||For Changarnier|| |- valign=top |9 September 1848 to