1517 - Egypt absorbed into the
Turkish Ottoman empire.
1798 - Napoleon
Bonaparte's forces invade but are
repelled by the British and the
Turks in 1801. Egypt once more
becomes part of the Ottoman empire.
1859-69 -
Suez
Canal built.
1882 - British troops take
control of Egypt.
1914 - Egypt becomes a
British protectorate.
1922 - Fu'ad I becomes
King of Egypt and Egypt gains its
independence.
1928 - Muslim
Brotherhood founded by Hasan al-Banna.
1936 - April - Faruq
succeeds his father as King of Egypt
.
1948 - Egypt, Iraq, Jordan
and Syria attack the new state of
Israel.
1949 February - Hasan al-Banna
of the Muslim Brotherhood is
assassinated.
1949 - Committee of the
Free Officers' Movement formed.
1952 January - At least 20
people are killed in anti-British
riots in Cairo.
1952 - King Faruq
abdicates in favour of his son Fu'ad
II.
1952 - Gamal Abdul Nasser
leads a coup by the Free Officers'
Movement, now known as the July 23
Revolution, which results in
Muhammad Najib becoming President
and Prime Minister of Egypt.
Republic declared
1953 June - Egypt is
declared a Republic by Najib.
1954 - Nasser becomes
prime minister and later, in 1956,
president.
1954 - Evacuation Treaty
signed. British forces, who began a
gradual withdrawal in 1936 finally
leave Egypt.
1956 July - Nasser
nationalises the Suez Canal to fund
the Aswan High Dam.
1956 October -
Tripartite Invasion of Egypt by
Britain, France and Israel due to
the nationalisation of the Suez
Canal. A ceasefire is declared in
November.
European
Nationals expelled from Egypt.
1958 February - Egypt and
Syria join to form the United Arab
Republic (UAR) in the first step of
their aim for Arab unity.
1961 - Syria withdraws
from the union with Egypt but Egypt
remains known as the UAR.
1965 March - King Faruq
dies in Rome. |
