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| 1950 | Free Officers Committee |  |
| Joins the Nasser led Free Officers Committee |
| 1952 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Assists the free officers committee to overthrow the British backed King Farouk |
| 1964 | Vice President | |
| Cairo Appointed Vice President of Egypt, 1st term |
| 1969 | Vice President | |
| Cairo Appointed Vice President of Egypt, 2nd term |
| 1970 | Aswan Dam | |
| Aswan Dam The Aswan Dam is completed in Egypt, the Dam is 364 feet high and 121,565 feet long, It damms the Nile River on Upper Colorado |
| 1970 | Economy | |
| Aswan Dam The Aswan Dam is completed in Egypt, the Dam is 364 feet high and 121,565 feet long, It damms the Nile River on Upper Colorado |
| 1970 | President | |
| Appointed President of Egypt |
| 1971 | Aswan Dam | |
| 15th Jan Aswan Dam Officially opens the Aswan Dam |
| 1971 | Ceasefire | |
| 7th Mar The ceasfire expires |
| 1971 | Constitution | |
| Egypt adopts a new constitution (& reverts to name of Egypt) |
| 1971 | Diplomacy | |
| Egypt signs the treaty of friendship with USSR, & opens the Aswan High Dam |
| 4th Feb Sadat offers a full peace 'agreement' including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders |
| 1971 | Federation of Arab Republics | |
| Sep Referenda in Egypt, Libya & Syria approve Federation of Arab Republics |
| 1971 | Treaty of Friendship | |
| Egypt signs the treaty of friendship with USSR, & opens the Aswan High Dam |
| 1971 | United Arab Emirates | |
| 2nd Dec 6 Arab states form the United Arab Emirates |
| 1972 | Declaration of War | |
| Cairo Decides Egypt is ready for war as Israel should be satisfied with territories won 1967 |
| 1972 | Diplomacy | |
| Expels 15,000 Russian advisers after Russia refuses to provide military technology |
| 1972 | Expulsion Russian Diplomats | |
| Expels 15,000 Russian advisers after Russia refuses to provide military technology |
| 1973 | Alliance | |
| April Sadat & al-Assad make an alliance to win back land lost to Israel |
| 1973 | Declaration of War | |
| 6th Oct Begins the October war, 6-24 October |
| 1973 | Diplomacy | |
| April Sadat & al-Assad make an alliance to win back land lost to Israel |
| 4th Oct Cairo Russian diplomats are evacuated, this is taken as sign that there will be no war |
| 1973 | Military Governor | |
| Cairo Appointed Commander of the Military |
| 1973 | Peace | |
| 24th Oct Cairo A 2nd cease-fire comes into effect |
| 1975 | Diplomacy | |
| 5th June Suez Canal Sadat re-opens the Suez Canal |
| 1975 | Suez Canal | |
| 5th June Suez Canal Re-opens the Suez Canal |
| 1976 | Diplomacy | |
| 14th Mar Cairo Egypt abrogates the 1971 Treaty of friendship & cooperation with Russia |
| 1977 | Diplomacy | |
| 19th Nov Jerusalem Sadat visits Jerusalem, 19-21 November |
| 1978 | Accords of Camp David | |
| 17th Sep Camp David Concludes the Camp David accord after 13 days of negotiations |
| 17th Sep Camp David Sadat, Begin & Carter agree a "framework for peace" in the Camp David Accord |
| 1978 | Camp David Agreement | |
| Camp David Agreement with Sadat guided by Carter |
| Camp David Provides for withdrawal from Sinai & elections in the West Bank & Gaza Strip |
| 1978 | Nobel Prize | |
| Cairo Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace |
| 1978 | Peace | |
| 17th Sep Camp David Sadat, Begin & Carter agree a "framework for peace" in the Camp David Accord |
| 1978 | Rule of Sinai | |
| Sinai Reaches an agreement, guided by President Carter, to withdraw from Sinai |
| 1979 | Arab League | |
| Cairo Suspended from the Arab League for making peace with Israel |
| 1979 | Treaty of Peace | |
| 26th Mar Washington Signs a peace Treaty with Israel in Washington |
| 1981 | Assassination | |
| 6th Oct Cairo Assassinated by extremist Muslim soldiers |
| 1981 | Death | |
| 6th Oct Cairo Assassinated by extremist Muslim soldiers |
