History Hop Tags - Egypt

1479

Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).

1425

Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).

1279

Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.

217

Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.

196

Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt.

48

Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.

48

Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.

44

Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.

30

Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.

435-08-03

Deposed Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, exiled by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.

1167-03-18

Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians

1187-07-03

Battle of Horns of Hattin; Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, destroys Jerusalem's crusader army.

1218-05-24

The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

1250-04-13

The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured.

1250-07-03

Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself.

1260-10-24

Saif ad-Din Qutuz, third Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, by a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself.

1291-05-18

Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre

1798-07-01

Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt

1798-07-21

Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt

1798-07-23

Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt

1799-08-23

Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.

1801-03-08

British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt

1854-11-15

In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.

1859-02-04

The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.

1864-12-28

Battle of Egypt Station, MS

1869-11-17

Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas

1879-04-08

Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers

1879-06-26

Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt

1882-06-10

Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans

1882-09-13

Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt

1883-07-24

Arabi Pasha declares a holy war in Egypt

1888-06-29

First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.

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

1912-12-07

Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt

1914-02-01

NY Giants & Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt

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.

1922-02-21

Great Britain grants Egypt independence

1922-02-28

Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain

1922-03-16

Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt

1922-05-20

"Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine" killing 90

1922-11-04

Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt

1922-11-26

English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt

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)

1928-07-19

King Fuad of Egypt siezes 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

1941-04-23

Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt

1941-05-15

British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya

1942-06-24

Africa Korps invades Egypt

1942-10-23

During WW II, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt

1945-02-24

Egypt & Syria declares war on nazi-Germany

1945-03-22

Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt

1946-02-21

Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt

1948-05-15

Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel

1948-10-14

Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt

1949-02-24

Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement

1950-06-17

Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact

1951-03-08

Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)

1951-11-18

British troops occupy Ismailiya, Egypt

1952-07-23

General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day)

1952-07-26

King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]

1952-11-03

Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel

1953-06-18

Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president

1954-01-13

Military rule in Egypt; 318 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested

1954-04-18

Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt

1954-10-07

Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt

1954-10-19

Egypt & Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs

1955-10-28

Egypt & Saudi Arabia sign defense treaty

1956-01-01

Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt & UK

1956-02-27

Female suffrage in Egypt

1956-04-18

Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire

1956-05-16

Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China

1956-06-18

Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as British leave Suez Canal

1956-06-23

Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt

1956-07-19

US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam

1956-07-20

Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam

1956-07-26

Egypt seizes Suez Canal

1956-08-07

British government sends 3 aircraft carriers to Egypt

1956-10-31

Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal

1956-11-04

Israel captures Straits of Tiran & reach Suez Canal Egypt

1956-11-05

Britain & France land forces in Egypt in reaction to seizure of Suez Canal

1956-12-03

Bitain 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; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships

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 Aswan Dam

1959-10-31

USSR & Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam

1960-01-09

Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins

1961-06-19

"Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23

1964-03-25

Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)

1964-04-06

Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations

1964-05-09

Khrushchev visits Egypt

1964-08-14

Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/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

1965-11-01

Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt)

1967-06-10

Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help

1967-10-21

Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat

1970-05-04

Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt

1970-07-21

Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt

1970-10-15

Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt

1970-10-16

Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser

1970-10-17

Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt

1971-01-15

Aswan Dam official 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. (Minia Egypt)

1972-09-01

Egypt & Libya form federation

1973-10-06

Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel

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

Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt

1975-06-05

Egypt president Anwar Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)

1975-10-10

Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt

1976-09-16

Egypt president Sadat re-elected

1977-03-12

Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel

1977-11-19

Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt

1977-12-05

Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen

1977-12-14

Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference

1977-12-25

Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets Egyptian Pres Sadat in Egypt

1978-02-20

Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus

1978-09-16

Grateful Dead perform in Cairo Egypt

1978-10-12

Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington

1979-01-16

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran for Egypt during the Iranian Revolution

1979-03-22

Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt

1979-03-26

Camp David peace treaty between Israel & Egypt

1979-04-02

Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets pres Sadat

1979-04-25

Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect

1979-05-25

Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt

1979-11-25

Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt

1980-01-26

Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations

1980-02-26

Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time

1980-02-27

Israel & Egypt exchange ambassadors

1980-03-23

Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt

1981-10-07

Hosni Mubarak becomes acting-president of Egypt

1981-10-08

President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford & Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral

1981-10-13

Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt

1983-04-07

Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt

1983-05-25

Fire in Nassermeer, Egypt, kills 357

1984-09-25

Egypt & Jordan regain diplomatic relations

1986-02-09

Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt

1989-02-15

Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt

1989-02-16

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market

1989-03-18

In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops.

1990-06-12

Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game

1990-08-11

Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion

1994-11-02

Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed

1997-11-17

In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).

2002-02-20

In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.

2005-02-26

Hosni Mubarak the president of Egypt orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections before September 2005 by asking Egyptian parliament to amend Article 76 of the constitution.

2005-07-23

Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.

2005-09-07

First presidential election was held in Egypt.

2006-01-12

The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.

2010-09-08

Egypt's Minister of Finance, Dr. Youssef Butros Ghali, states that Egypt is emerging from the recession as indicated by increased total revenue from sales taxes and customs revenues

2011-01-25

Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.

2012-05-31

Egypt formally ends its 31 year state of emergency

2012-06-24

Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood becomes President of Egypt

2012-06-30

Mohamed Morsi is sworn in as President of Egypt

2012-09-02

A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt

2012-11-17

50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt

2013-01-16

25 people are killed after an apartment block collapses in Alexandria, Egypt

2013-01-25

6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypt's 2011 revolution

2013-01-26

30 people are killed during a violent protest in Port Said, Egypt

2013-01-27

In Port Said, Egypt, protests result in 7 people being killed and 630 are injured

2013-02-26

A hot air balloon crashes in Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 tourists

2013-07-01

Demonstrations occur across Egypt with 15 million people calling for the resignation of their President, Mohammed Morsi

2013-07-03

Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour appointed interim president

2013-07-27

100 people are killed and 1,500 injured in a crackdown against protesters in Cairo, Egypt

2013-08-14

638 people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt

2013-10-06

53 people are killed in political clashes in Egypt

2013-11-18

20 people are killed after a train collides with a minibus in Cairo, Egypt

2014-05-28

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt

2016-01-21

Explosion in Egypt kills at least 6, including police officers

2016-04-11

Egypt Gives Saudi Arabia 2 Islands in a Show of Gratitude

2016-05-20

Egypt's Sisi orders civil aviation ministry, military, to locate EgyptAir plane debris

2017-04-10

ISIS claims responsibility for Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt

2017-06-05

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain cut ties to Qatar

2017-10-17

Egypt says Ramses II temple unearthed southwest of Cairo

47

Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt (d. 30 BC)

317-08-07

Flavius Julius Constantius II, Emperor Egypt/Byzantine/Rome (337-61)

1821-06-08

Samuel White Baker, London England, explorer (Ceylon/Egypt)

1830-12-31

Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)

1841-02-26

Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)

1852-12-15

Tewfik Pasja, khedive (viceroy) of Egypt

1853-11-21

Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)

1854-10-31

Georg A Erman, German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)

1868-03-26

Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36)

1874-07-14

'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)

1874-08-14

Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Cairo Egypt, Egyptian lawyer, journalist, and nationalist activist

1887-11-07

Leo Wirth, Joseph in the Land of Egypt

1890-04-28

Daniel B. Clark, Charlie Chan in Egypt

1901-02-20

Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)

1906-07-23

Hal Gerard, Joseph: Ruler of Egypt

1908-03-07

Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle)

1910-04-10

Pat Paterson, Charlie Chan in Egypt

1917-06-09

Eric J. Hobsbawm, Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt, Marxist historian (The Age of Revolution; Capital; and Empire), (d. 2012)

1918-01-15

Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1971)

1918-12-25

Anwar Sadat, Sadat's Eternal Egypt

1920-02-11

Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)

1920-11-18

Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)

1921-11-05

Fawzia of Egypt, Queen of Iran

1926-09-09

Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Egypt Muslim cleric

1928-05-04

Hosni Mubarak, Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt, Egyptian president (1981-2011)

1928-05-04

Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak of Egypt/Nursing Shortage/Kuwait Ten Years Later

1932-04-10

Omar Sharif, [Michael Shalhoub], Egypt, actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret)

1933-01-17

Dalida, Cairo, actress/singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)

1933-01-17

Yolande Christina Dalida, Cairo Egypt

1933-08-29

Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt

1936-07-02

Omar Suleiman, Qena, Egypt, army general and intelligence officer, (d. 2012)

1944-05-20

Clyde Edgerton, Walking Across Egypt

1945-08-22

Ron Dante, Walking Across Egypt

1945-11-07

Cathleen Keller, Egypt: Land of Mummies

1945-11-27

James Avery, The Prince of Egypt

1946-06-05

Gillian Hills, Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange)

1947-05-17

John Traicos, cricketer (in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93)

1947-06-14

Carolyn Chute, The Beans of Egypt, Maine

1948-03-06

Stephen Schwartz, The Prince of Egypt

1949-01-23

Stephen L. Johnson, Mysteries of Egypt

1952-01-16

King Fuad II of Egypt

1952-07-16

Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne)

1958-10-14

Thomas Dolby, Cairo Egypt, rock vocalist (She Blinded Me With Science)

1960-07-19

Atom Egoyan, Cairo Egypt, director (Adjuster, Next of Kin)

1961-02-02

Ylva Ekblad, The Princess of Egypt

1966-12-04

Suzanne Malveaux, CNN Breaking News: Revolution in Egypt - President Mubarak Steps Down

1967-11-11

Eric Kurland, The Prince of Egypt

1968-04-26

Ahmed Elmaghraby, Suez Egypt, US field hockey forward (Olympics-96)

1969-04-06

Spencer Wells, Egypt in Turmoil/A Global Family Tree/How Culture Influences Aging

1970-12-01

Chris Ratner, The Prince of Egypt

1972-06-20

Saad Abedine, CNN Breaking News: Revolution in Egypt - President Mubarak Steps Down

1972-07-21

Simon Reeve, Egypt to Oman

1972-08-07

Tiffany Powell, The Prince of Egypt

1972-09-01

Eiman Thakeb, Miss Egypt Universe (1997)

1977-03-17

Hadeel Abol-Naga, Miss Universe-Egypt (1996)

1979-10-11

Amir Ramses, Jews of Egypt

1980-07-10

Alexander Aberle, Exodus to Egypt

1980-08-03

Kellie Guinot, The Forgotten Land - Liman Prince of Egypt

1983-01-21

Jerome Bourgeois, Egypt: Engineering an Empire

1984-11-01

Justin Timsit, The Prince of Egypt

1985-03-26

Francesca Smith, The Prince of Egypt

1985-11-08

Emmi Parviainen, The Princess of Egypt

1986-04-23

Shira Roth, The Prince of Egypt

1939-03-16

Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran.

1121-12-11

Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)

1249-11-23

Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies

1250-05-02

Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered

1260-10-23

Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered

1277-07-01

Baibars, Mameluk sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)

1517-04-13

Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged

1849-08-02

Governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt (b. 1769)

1854-07-18

Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41

1892-01-07

Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39

1895-03-02

Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64

1910-02-20

Butros Ghali, prime minister of Egypt from 1908 to 1910, assassinated by Nationalist at 64

1917-01-29

Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75

1917-10-09

Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63

1924-11-19

Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered

1936-04-28

Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies

1936-05-14

Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74

1937-06-26

Georg A Erman, Ger egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt), dies at 82

1944-12-20

Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70

1945-02-24

Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament

1948-12-28

Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated

1950-11-28

Samuel Goldstein, Joseph in the Land of Egypt

1961-11-14

Daniel B. Clark, Charlie Chan in Egypt

1964-10-20

Miles WL Killearn of Killearn, baron/diplomat (Egypt), dies at 84

1965-03-18

Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45

1970-09-28

Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52

1981-10-06

[Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62

1981-10-06

Anwar Sadat, Sadat's Eternal Egypt

1997-11-21

Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies

2008-04-18

Cathleen Keller, Egypt: Land of Mummies

2013-12-31

James Avery, The Prince of Egypt