Egyptian History Timeline

Events 1 - 200 of 303

• 1479-04-24 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)

• 1425-03-11 BC Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).

• 0217-06-22 BC Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom
• 0196-03-27 BC Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.

• 1006-05-01 Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
• 1167-03-18 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
• 1218-05-24 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt
• 1219-02-18 Jerusalem re-taken by the Christian Crusader kingdom in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil
• 1250-04-13 The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France captured

• 1260-10-24 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself
• 1291-07-31 Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine

• 1798-07-21 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt (Battle of Embabeh) against Mamluk rulers, wiping out most of the Egyptian army
• 1798-07-23 Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt

• 1799-07-25 French-Egyptian forces under Napoleon I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir
• 1799-08-23 Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
• 1801-03-08 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
• 1811-03-01 Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
• 1824-06-21 Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea
• 1826-06-21 Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas
• 1827-10-20 Naval Battle of Navarino (off the Peloponnese coast): English, Russian, French combined fleet beat a Turkish and Egyptian force, paving the way for Greek independence
• 1854-11-15 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.

• 1864-12-28 Battle of Egypt Station, Mississippi
• 1869-11-17 Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas
• 1875-11-16 Battle of Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
• 1876-03-07 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
• 1879-02-18 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha
• 1879-04-08 Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French and British ministers
• 1879-06-26 Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt
• 1881-01-22 "Cleopatra's Needle", a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York [1]
• 1881-09-09 Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid"
• 1882-06-10 Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans
• 1882-09-13 Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops defeat Egyptian force in the decisive battle of the Anglo-Egytian War
• 1883-07-24 Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt
• 1883-11-05 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
• 1888-06-29 First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's "Israel in Egypt" on wax cylinder
• 1898-04-08 Battle of Atbara River: Anglo-Egyptian forces defeat 15,000 Sudanese during the Mahdist War, a turning point in the reconquest of Sudan
• 1899-01-19 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
• 1904-04-08 Great Britain and France establish their Entente Cordiale, a technical treaty settling long-standing disagreements over Morocco, Egypt, Africa, and the Pacific
• 1906-05-03 British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
• 1907-12-07 The First Egyptian Nationalist Congress meets under the leadership of Mustafa Kamil Pasha
• 1912-12-07 Bust of Queen Nefertiti found in El-Amarna, Egypt
• 1913-07-21 The Egyptian government announces a new constitutional system and electoral law
• 1914-02-01 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play a 10-inning, 3-3 tie in Cairo, Egypt in an exhibition MLB game; part of special 56-game world tour
• 1914-12-17 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
• 1914-12-23 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt
• 1916-12-23 World War I: Battle of Magdhaba - Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula
• 1917-01-09 World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1922-02-21 Britain declares Egypt a sovereign state
• 1922-03-15 Sultan Faud crowned King of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt
• 1922-03-16 Egypt achieves independence from Britain, but British troops remain
• 1922-05-20 "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine" killing 90

• 1923-04-19 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers
• 1924-01-13 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections
• 1924-01-27 Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier
• 1924-11-22 Britain orders Egyptians out of Sudan
• 1925-05-21 George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, becomes British High Commissioner in Egypt
• 1925-12-06 Italy, Britain & Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy)
• 1926-06-06 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms
• 1928-07-19 King Fuad of Egypt seizes power and disbands parliament
• 1931-04-22 Egypt & Iraq sign peace treaty
• 1935-11-13 Anti-British riots in Egypt
• 1936-05-10 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
• 1940-09-12 Italian troops enter Egypt
• 1940-09-13 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
• 1940-12-17 British troops occupy Sollum, Egypt
• 1941-04-17 Egyptian steamer SS Zamzam attacked and later scuttled by German cruiser Atlantis (all on board rescued)
• 1941-04-23 Greek Army surrenders to Germany; British RAF evacuates the Greek King George II to Egypt
• 1941-05-15 WWII: British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya
• 1942-06-24 German Africa Korps invades Egypt
• 1942-10-23 During WWII, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt
• 1945-02-24 Egypt & Syria declare war on nazi-Germany
• 1945-02-24 Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree
• 1945-03-22 Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt
• 1946-02-21 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt
• 1948-05-10 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
• 1948-05-15 Troops from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel
• 1948-05-16 Egyptians enter Gaza
• 1948-10-14 Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt
• 1948-10-18 Operation 10 Plagues - Israeli offensive against Egyptian army
• 1948-10-22 First Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Navy sinks Egyptian Navy flagship 'King Farouk' using explosive-laden motorboat in the Mediterranean Sea near Gaza
• 1948-12-28 IDF crosses Egyptian border
• 1949-02-24 Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
• 1949-11-07 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
• 1950-06-17 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
• 1950-11-16 Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
• 1951-03-08 Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)
• 1951-10-17 Egyptian army fires on British troops
• 1951-11-18 British troops occupy Ismailiya, Egypt
• 1952-03-01 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasha resigns
• 1952-06-30 Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government
• 1952-07-23 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (National Day)
• 1952-07-26 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
• 1952-09-07 General Naguib forms Egyptian government and becomes Premier
• 1952-11-03 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
• 1953-01-16 Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties
• 1953-06-18 Monarchy of Egypt formally abolished after the 1952 revolution and proclaimed the Republic of Eqypt; Army General Muhammad Naguib becomes 1st president
• 1954-01-13 Military rule in Egypt; 318 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
• 1954-02-25 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier

• 1954-10-07 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of the Muslim Brothership, arrested in Egypt
• 1954-10-19 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops depart
• 1954-11-14 Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared
• 1955-09-01 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel
• 1955-10-28 Egypt and Saudi Arabia sign defense treaty
• 1956-01-01 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK
• 1956-01-16 Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine
• 1956-02-27 Female suffrage granted in Egypt
• 1956-04-18 Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire
• 1956-05-16 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
• 1956-06-13 The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt
• 1956-06-23 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected President of Egypt
• 1956-07-19 US refuse to lend Egypt money to build a second Aswan Dam
• 1956-07-20 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build a second Aswan Dam
• 1956-07-26 Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces plan to nationalize Suez Canal, initiating the "Suez Crisis"
• 1956-08-07 British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt
• 1956-10-30 Israel captures Egyptian military post at El-Thamad
• 1956-10-31 Britain and France join Israeli forces in Egypt and begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal
• 1956-11-05 Britain and France land airborne forces at Port Said in Egypt, escalating the Suez Crisis
• 1956-12-03 Britain and France pull troops out of Egypt
• 1956-12-22 Last British & French troops leave Egypt
• 1956-12-24 Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt
• 1957-02-02 UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
• 1957-03-08 Israeli troops leave Egypt in compliance with UN resolution
• 1958-02-01 Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
• 1958-02-02 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
• 1958-02-21 Egypt-Syria as United Arab Republic elect Nasser president (99.9% vote)
• 1958-02-22 Egypt & Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR)
• 1958-10-15 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
• 1958-10-24 USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build the Aswan High Dam across the Nile river
• 1959-03-08 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq
• 1959-10-31 USSR and Egypt sign contracts to build the Aswan High Dam
• 1960-01-09 Construction of the Aswan High Dam begins in Egypt
• 1961-06-19 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by The Coasters peaks at #23
• 1962-03-09 Egyptian President Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
• 1964-03-25 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
• 1964-04-06 Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations

• 1964-07-23 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
• 1964-08-14 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Syria form common market
• 1965-02-24 East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt
• 1965-05-20 Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
• 1965-09-24 Saudi Arabian & Egyptian accord over Yemen
• 1965-11-01 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)
• 1967-05-22 Egyptian President Nasser closes the Straits of Tiran to Israel
• 1967-06-10 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help
• 1967-10-21 Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat
• 1968-07-08 Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal

• 1970-07-21 Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enables human control of the flooding of the Nile

• 1970-10-15 Anwar Sadat elected 3rd President of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser
• 1970-10-17 Anwar Sadat sworn in as the 3rd President of Egypt
• 1971-01-15 Aswan High Dam officially opens in Egypt
• 1971-03-07 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire
• 1971-04-17 Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
• 1971-09-11 Egypt adopts its constitution
• 1972-04-06 Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
• 1972-05-15 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims in Minia, Egypt
• 1972-07-18 Egyptian president Anwar Sadat throws out 20,000 Russian military aides
• 1972-09-01 Egypt & Libya form federation
• 1973-10-06 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel
• 1973-10-14 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
• 1973-10-26 Israeli forces reach Suez, trapping Egyptian army
• 1973-11-07 US & Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links
• 1973-11-15 Egypt & Israel exchange prisoners of war
• 1973-12-21 Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict
• 1974-01-18 Israel & Egypt sign weapons accord
• 1974-02-12 Heads of state of Algeria, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia discuss oil strategy in view of the progress in Arab-Israeli disengagement
• 1974-02-17 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
• 1974-02-28 US & Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
• 1974-04-17 Muslim fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis, Egypt
• 1975-06-05 Egyptian president Anwar Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
• 1975-10-10 Israel formally signs protocol for the Sinai II Agreement accord with Egypt, in Jerusalem [1]
• 1975-10-26 Anwar Sadat becomes the 1st Egyptian president to officially visit the United States
• 1976-09-16 Egyptian president Sadat re-elected
• 1976-12-25 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
• 1977-03-12 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel

• 1977-07-21 Libyan-Egyptian border fights
• 1977-11-14 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Walter Cronkite
• 1977-11-17 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
• 1977-11-19 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
• 1977-11-19 Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt
• 1977-11-20 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset

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