Timeline: Egypt
| Years: c. 4400 BCE - 2011 | Subject: Encyclopedias, Geographical reference |
| Publisher: HistoryWorld | Online Publication Date: 2012 |
| Current online version: 2012 | eISBN: 9780191735806 |
| Year | Event |
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| c. 4400 BCE | Go to weaving in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 4000 BCE | Go to Land Transportation in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 3100 BCE | Go to Egypt, ancient in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Egyptian art in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to writing in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to writing in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Narmer (3150 bce) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 3000 BCE | Go to papyrus in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Egyptian and Mesopotamian technology in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to ass in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sumer in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Games in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2781 BCE | Go to Sothic cycle in A Dictionary of Astronomy (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 2620 BCE | Imhotep creates the first pyramid - the 'step pyramid' at Saqqara - as a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser Go to Imhotep (fl. c.2700 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 2580 BCE | Go to Old Kingdom in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 2500 BCE | Go to Khufu (2609–2584bce) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Egypt in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Byblos in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sphinx (West Asia) in A Dictionary of World Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to mummification in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Bastet (West Asia) in A Dictionary of World Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to shabti in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 2000 BCE | Go to Middle Kingdom in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Thebes, Egypt in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1850 BCE | See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1750 BCE | Go to Scribes in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1700 BCE | Go to Israelites in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1630 BCE | Go to Hyksos in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1550 BCE | Go to Egyptian Book of the Dead in The Oxford Companion to the Book (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1540 BCE | Go to New Kingdom in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Osiris in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1520 BCE | Go to Thutmose I in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1500 BCE | Go to copper in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Circumcision in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Thebes, Egypt in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Amen in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1490 BCE | Go to Hatshepsut (c. 1540–c. 1481 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1450 BCE | Go to glass in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1400 BCE | Go to cle'psydra in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1380 BCE | Go to Amun (West Asia) in A Dictionary of World Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1353 BCE | Go to Akhenaten in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1350 BCE | Go to Akhenaten in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1345 BCE | Go to Tell el-Amarna Tablets in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Tell el-Amarna Tablets in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1340 BCE | Go to Nefertiti (active 14th century bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1333 BCE | Go to Tutankhamun (died c.1352 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1324 BCE | Go to Tutankhamun (died c.1352 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1279 BCE | Go to Ramses II in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1275 BCE | Go to Kadesh, battle of (1300 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Military History (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1250 BCE | Go to Ramses II in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 950 BCE | Go to pharaoh in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 800 BCE | Go to sundial in A Dictionary of Astronomy (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 719 BCE | Go to Nubians in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 700 BCE | Go to hieroglyphs in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 663 BCE | Go to Ashurbanipal in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 612 BCE | Go to Nebuchadnezzar in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 600 BCE | Go to Isis in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 525 BCE | Go to Pelusium in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 515 BCE | Go to Darius I (c.550–486 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 460 BCE | Forces of the Delian League assist the Egyptians in a successful revolt against their Persian rulers Go to Delian League in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 454 BCE | Go to Greek-Persian wars in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 450 BCE | Go to Herodotus (c. 490–c. 425 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 332 BCE | Go to Alexander III (“The Great”) in The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Apis in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Alexandria in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 331 BCE | Go to oracle in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| from 323 BCE | Go to Hellenistic Age (323–30 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 323 BCE | Go to Ptolemy in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ptolemy in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 322 BCE | Go to Ptolemy in Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 320 BCE | Go to Alexandrian Library in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 300 BCE | Go to Mafia [Crime] in The Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 280 BCE | Go to diaspora in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: The Alexandrian school of medicine develops an alarming form of clinical anatomy – human vivisection Go to Herophilus in The Oxford Companion to Medicine (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Alexandria, Egypt in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 260 BCE | Go to Alexandrian Library in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 250 BCE | Go to Ctesi'bius in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to alchemy in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 239 BCE | Go to Berenice (3) II in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 196 BCE | Go to Rosetta Stone in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 69 BCE | Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 51 BCE | Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 48 BCE | Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Pompey (106–48 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Caesar, Julius (100–44 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Caesar, Julius (100–44 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 47 BCE | The combined forces of Caesar and Cleopatra defeat Ptolemy XIII in a battle fought in the Nile delta Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Caesar, Julius (100–44 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 44 BCE | Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 41 BCE | Go to Cleopatra VII (69–30 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cleopatra VII (69–30 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 40 BCE | Go to Cleopatra VII (69–30 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 36 BCE | Go to Cleopatra VII (69–30 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 34 BCE | Go to Mark Antony (83–30 bc) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 30 BCE | Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Antony, Mark (82–30 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Cleopa'tra VII (69–30 bc) in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Ptolemies in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Augustus (63 bc–ad 14) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Augustus (63 bc–ad 14) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 69 | Go to Vespasian (ad 9–79) in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 75 | Go to Hero of Alexandria (c.ad 62) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Hero of Alexandria (c.ad 62) in A Dictionary of Scientists (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 100 | Go to Isis in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Fayyūm Portraits in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 150 | Go to Ptolemy (130–75) in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 244 | Go to Plotinus (205–270) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 250 | Go to knitting in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 300 | Go to Antony, St, of Egypt (251?–356) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 320 | Go to Pachomius (d. 346) in The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 350 | Go to Nubians in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 367 | Go to New Testament in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 380 | Go to Codex Sinaiticus (‘א’) in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 642 | Go to Alexandria in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 643 | Go to Copt in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 828 | Go to Mark, St in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 870 | Go to Ibn Tulun, Ahmad (884) in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 969 | Go to Fāṭimids in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1171 | Go to Saladin (1138–93) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1180 | Go to Maimonides, Moses (1135–1204) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1219 | Go to Francis Of Assisi, St (1181/2–1226) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1250 | Go to Saladin (1138–93) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1270 | Go to Baybars I in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1324 | Go to Mansa Musa (1307–37) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1517 | Go to Selim I (c. 1470–1520) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1798 | Go to Pyramids, Battle of the (21 July 1798) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Nile, battle of the (1798) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1799 | Go to Rosetta stone in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Napoleon I (1769–1821) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1811 | All but one of 300 Mameluke guests are assassinated during an entertainment by Muhammad Ali in Cairo Go to Mameluke in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1822 | Go to Champollion, Jean-François in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1840 | Go to Muhammad Ali (1769–1849) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1854 | Go to Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de (1805–94) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1869 | Go to Suez Canal in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1871 | Go to Afghani, Jamal al-Din al- (1897) in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Aida in A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1882 | Go to Arabi Pasha (1839–1911) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1892 | Go to Cavafy, Constantine (1863–1933) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1902 | See this event in other timelines: |
| 1914 | The British government changes the status of Egypt from a Turkish province to a British protectorate Go to Egypt in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1918 | Go to Wafd in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1922 | Go to Suez Canal in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Carter, Howard (1873–1939) in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1928 | Go to Muslim Brotherhood in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1935 | Go to Cavafy, Constantine Peter (1863–1933) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1936 | Go to Farouk I (1920–1965) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1941 | Go to frogmen in The Oxford Companion to World War II (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1942 | Go to El Alamein, Battles of (1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Alamein, El, Battle of (1942) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to El Alamein, Battles of (1942) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| c. 1945 | Go to Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918–1970) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Arab League in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1948 | Go to Muslim Brotherhood in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1949 | Go to Gaza Strip in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1952 | Go to Nasser, Gamal Abdel (1918–1970) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1954 | Go to Nasser, Gamal Abd al‐ (b. 15 Jan. 1918) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Muslim Brotherhood in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1955 | Go to Nasser, Gamal Abdel in The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1956 | Go to Aswan High Dam in Encyclopedia of Africa (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Suez Crisis in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Suez Crisis in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Suez crisis in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Suez crisis in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1958 | Go to United Arab Republic in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1964 | Go to Palestine Liberation Organization in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1967 | A pre-emptive air strike by Israel destroys almost all Egypt's aircraft and launches the Six-Day War Go to Six Day War in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1969 | Go to Arafat, Yasser (1929–2004) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1970 | Go to Sadat, Muhammad Anwar al- (b. 25 Dec. 1918) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1973 | Go to Yom Kippur War (Oct. 1973) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1977 | Anwar el-Sadat, the Egyptian president, travels to Jerusalem to propose a peace plan to the Israelis Go to Sadat, Anwar Mohammed (25 Dec. 1918) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1978 | Go to Camp David Accords (Sept. 1978) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Sadat, Mohammed Anwar al (1918–1981) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 1981 | Go to Sadat, Muhammad Anwar al- (b. 25 Dec. 1918) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mubarak, Mohammed Hosni Said (4 May 1928) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
| 2011 | Go to Egypt in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Facebook in A Dictionary of Computing (6 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Egypt in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mubarak, Hosni (1928– ) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mubarak, Hosni (1928– ) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Go to Mubarak, Hosni (1928– ) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: |
