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238 In North Africa, Legio III ''Augusta'', is dissolved. Until its reconstitution in 253, Africa is defended by auxiliary troops only.
300 Elephants became extinct from North Africa by this date.
355 An instrument to measure the density of liquids is developed in North Africa.
429 Vandals under Geiseric cross from the Iberian Peninsula into Roman North Africa.
435 The Vandals are allowed territory in North Africa.
442 The Romans conclude a treaty with Geiseric, acknowledging the conquests of the Vandal nation in North Africa.
533 Belisarius, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals.
534 Gelimer surrenders to Byzantine general Belisarius, after spending a miserable winter in the mountains of Numidia. The Vandal kingdom of North Africa ends, and the provinces return to the Byzantine Empire.
643 Arab armies win their first North African victory in Tripoli.
1269 The Almohad dynasty of caliphs (not universally accepted) that once ruled most of North Africa and Al-Andalus (Moorish Spain) is extinguished when Idris II is murdered in the dynasty's last remaining possession, Marrakesh.
1578 Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian I of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
1881 In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
1942 World War II: In violation of a 1940 armistice, Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
1943 World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
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