regional history

history of egypt

Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
2560 BC			Pyramid Of Giza Completed
853	May	22	Byzantine Fleet Destroys Damietta In Egypt
1169	Mar	26	Saladin Becomes The Emir Of Egypt
1218	May	24	The Fifth Crusade Leaves Acre For Egypt
1260	Oct	24	Saif Ad-Din Qutuz Was Assassinated
1824	Jun	21	Aegean: Egyptians Capture Psara
1826	Jun	21	Vergas: Maniots Defeat Egyptians
1859	Apr	25	British And French Starts Suez Canal
1869	Nov	17	The Suez Canal Is Inaugurated
1871	Dec	24	Aida Opens In Cairo, Egypt
1882	Jul	11	British Fleet Attacks Alexandria In Anglo-Egyptian War
1882	Sep	13	Story Of Anglo-Egyptian War
1885	Jan	26	Troops Kill Charles George Gordon
1899	Jan	19	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Is Formed
1916	Dec	23	WWI: Battle Magdhaba: Allies Defeat Turkish: Sinai
1922	Feb	28	UK's Egypt Protectorate Ends By Unilateral Declaration Of Independence
1922	Mar	15	Fuad I Becomes King Of Egypt Upon Independence From UK
1923	Feb	16	Carter Unseals Tutankhamun's Tomb
1940	Sep	16	Sidi Barrani Conquered In World War II
1942	Jul	01	First Battle Of El Alamein
1945	Mar	22	Charter Adopted In Cairo, Arab League Founded
1950	May	19	Egypt Closes Suez Canal To Isreal
1954	Apr	18	Gamal Abdal Nasser Seizes Power In Egypt
1956	Jan	01	Sudan Achieves Independence
1956	Jan	16	Gamal Egypt Vows To Reconquer Paletine
1957	Mar	08	Egypt Re-opens Suez Canal
1961	Sep	28	Coup Ends United Arab Republic Union Of Syria And Egypt
1966	Aug	25	Sayyid Qutb Is Executed In Egypt
1967	May	24	Egypt Blockades And Seizes Israel Coast
1973	Oct	06	Egypt And Syria Attack Israel
1974	Feb	21	Israeli Soldiers Leave Suez
1974	Mar	05	Israeli Forces Left The Suez Canal
1975	Jun	05	Suez Canal Opened First Time Since Six-Day War
1977	Jul	21	The Libyan-Egyptian War Begins
1977	Jul	24	End Of A Four Day Long Libyan–Egyptian War
1978	Sep	05	Begin And Sadat Talk Peace In MA
1981	Oct	06	Ehyptian President Answar Al-Sadat Is Murdered
1992	Oct	12	510 Dead In Cairo Earthquake
1995	Jun	26	Egyptian President Mubarak Almost Killed
2005	Sep	07	Egypt's First Multi-party Presidential Election
2011	Jan	01	Bomb Explodes Alexandria Killing 23 People
2013	Jan	15	An Egyptian Train Derailment Kills 19
2013	Feb	26	A Hot Air Balloon Near Egypt Killing 19 People
2014	Jan	24	Bombs In Cairo Cause Injuries, Fatalities

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