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| 1918 | Birth |  |
| 15th Jan Beni Mor Born to a middle class family in Beni Mor in Southern Egypt |
| 1948 | Battle of Faluja | |
| Faluja Receives serious wounds during the battle of Faluja |
| 1948 | Independence | |
| Heads a group of officers dedicated to Egyptian nationalism |
| 1948 | Leader Officers Nasser | |
| Heads a group of officers dedicated to Egyptian nationalism |
| 1952 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 23rd June Nationalists overthrow Farouk & push aside the WAFD Party in favor of Nasser |
| 23rd June Cairo Nationalists overthrow Farouk & push aside the WAFD Party in favor of Nasser |
| 23rd June Cairo Places Major-General Mohammed Naguib in powers as titular leader |
| 1952 | Political Parties | |
| 23rd June Cairo Nasser bans political parties |
| 1952 | Ruling Council | |
| Cairo Appointed to lead the Ruling Revolutionary Council |
| 1954 | Capture of Suez Canal | |
| 19th Oct Suez Canal Britain withdraws subject to the convention of 1888 that it remain open to shipping |
| 1954 | Prime Minister | |
| Following an unsuccesful assassination attempt Nasser replaces Naguib as PM |
| 17th April Appointed Prime Minister of Egypt |
| 1955 | Conference of Bandung | |
| 24th April Bandung Resolutions passed include arms reduction & abolition of nuclear weapons |
| 24th April Bandung The relationship with the China is the result of the Bandung Conference in 1955 where Nasser had asked the Chinese to use their influence on Russia to supply arms |
| 1956 | Alliance | |
| April Nasser signs a military alliance with SaudiArabia |
| 1956 | Aswan Dam | |
| Aswan Dam The USA& Britain had agreed to help pay for the Aswan Dam but cancelled after Egypt had bought tanks from communist Czechoslovakia & befriended China |
| 26th July Aswan Dam The nationalization of the Suez Vanal is announced in order to raise revenue for the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River |
| 1956 | Bombing of | |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1956 | Capture of Sinai | |
| Nov Sinai Israel captures the Sinai |
| 1956 | Conference of London | |
| 16th Aug London Nasser boycotts a London Conference on the Suez |
| 1956 | Constitution | |
| April Nasser assumes personal power with the support of the army |
| April Cairo Promulgates the new Constitution |
| 1956 | Defeat | |
| 15th Nov Defeated by Israel, Britain & France |
| 1956 | Diplomacy | |
| April Nasser signs a military alliance with SaudiArabia |
| 1956 | Invasion of Sinai | |
| 29th Oct Sinai Nasser launches a pre-emptive strike in the Sinai |
| 1956 | Martial Law | |
| April Nasser assumes personal power with the support of the army |
| April Nasser defeats a coup & declares martial law |
| 1956 | Muskateer | |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1956 | Nationalization | |
| 26th July Suez Canal Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake |
| 26th July Suez Canal The nationalization of the Suez Vanal is announced in order to raise revenue for the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River |
| 1956 | President | |
| 24th June Appointed President of Egypt, 1st term |
| 1956 | Rule of Sinai | |
| Sinai After the Suez crisis Egypt gains the Sinai |
| Sinai The UN guards the Sinai on the Egyptian side of the border after the war |
| Nov Sinai Israel captures the Sinai |
| 1956 | Rule of Suez Canal | |
| Suez Canal Nationalizes the Suez Canal prompting military action from France, Britain & Israel |
| Suez Canal The USA& Britain had agreed to help pay for the Aswan Dam but cancelled after Egypt had bought tanks from communist Czechoslovakia & befriended China |
| 4th June Suez Canal Announces Egypt will not renew the Suez Canal Company's concession after 1968 |
| 13th June Suez Canal The last British troops leave their Suez Canal base |
| 26th June Suez Canal Siezes the canal under a decree outlawing the Suez Canal Company |
| 2nd Aug Suez Canal British & French Nationals leave Egypt |
| 9th Aug Suez Canal British families are airlifted out of the canal zone |
| 1956 | Suez Canal Crisis | |
| 26th July Suez Canal Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake |
| 26th July Suez Canal The relationship with the China is the result of the Bandung Conference in 1955 where Nasser had asked the Chinese to use their influence on Russia to supply arms |
| 29th Oct Suez Canal Egyptian forces are mobilized during the Suez-Sinai Campaign |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1956 | Unification | |
| Feb Cairo Egypt unites with Syria |
| 1958 | Diplomacy | |
| Nasser regards the communist support for Kassem as hostile & they denounce each other |
| Cairo Syria becomes part of the united Arab Republic, 1958-61 |
| 1958 | President | |
| Appointed President of the United Arab Republic |
| 1958 | UAR | |
| Cairo Forms the United Arab Republic |
| Syria attempts to unite with Egypt to form the United Arab Republic |
| 1961 | Unification | |
| Cairo The United Arab Republic collapses after Sysria's withdrawal |
| 1967 | Defeat | |
| 11th June Israel defeats Egypt, Jordan & Syria & occupies the Sinai Peninsula |
| 1967 | Invasion of Egypt | |
| 5th June Israel launches pre-emptive air strikes & ground attacks against Egypt |
| 1967 | Militarization Sinai | |
| 15th May Sinai Nasser moves 100,000 men with tanks & artillery guns into the Sinai |
| 15th May Sinai Nasser orders the UN peacekeeping force out of the Sinai |
| 1968 | Aswan Dam | |
| Aswan Dam Completion of the Aswan Dam |
| 1970 | Death | |
| 28th Sep Cairo Death of Gamal Abdel Nasser, succeeded by Anwar el-Sadat |
| 1970 | Peace | |
| 24th July Cairo Accepts the peace formula put forward by the USA |
