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What is now Algiers was founded as a plantation in 1719. This date is sometimes given as the year of the town's founding, making it one of the oldest neighborhoods in what is now New Orleans, but development as a town as opposed to a private plantation did not actually occur until about 1800. Algiers was incorporated as a city in 1840. In 1870 it was merged into the city of New Orleans, which it has remained a part of ever since, although there have been repeated discussions of once again becoming a separate city.

The oldest part of Algiers is known as "Algiers Point", across the river from the French Quarter. Algiers Point has been connected with the foot of Canal Street across the river by a ferry since 1827.

In the 19th century ship building was an important industry here. In the 1850s Algiers became a major railroad center. Large railyards housed large amounts of freight and rolling stock, which was brought back and forth across the Mississippi River by barge until the late 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc, when the Huey P. Long Bridge was built upriver at Bridge City, LouisianaBridge City is a census-designated place located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 8,323. It was established in the 1930s during the construction of the Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River.. The Algiers railyards also were known for their ability to repair or create replacements for any part needed for any type of locomotiveA locomotive is a vehicle that provides the motive power for a railway train. Traditionally, the locomotive or locomotives are positioned at the front of a train, pulling passenger carriages and/or freight vehicles. This requires the locomotive to be move.

A fireFor other uses see fire (disambiguation). bonfire The word fire is used to refer to the combination of the brilliant glow and large amount of heat released during a rapid, self-sustaining exothermic oxidation process of combustible gases ejected from a fu destroyed many buildings in Algiers in 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes.

A number of New Orleans CarnivalThe celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations. The New Orleans Carnival season starts on Twelfth Night (which is the religious Feast of the Epiphany), January 6. The season of balls (some of them i KreweA Krewe is an organization that puts on a parade and or a ball for the New Orleans Carnival season ( Mardi Gras). The word is thought to have been coined in the early 19th century by an organization calling themselves Ye Mystick Krewe of Comus as an imitas have their "dens", the warehouse where their floats are constructed and stored, in Algiers.

Algiers Point was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated a local historic district in 1994.

People from Algiers have traditionally been known as "Algerines". Noted Algerines have included jazz musicians Red Allen and Emmett Hardy.