Egypt · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Refuses to ratify the concessions to the Canal Company made by Said, and the question is referred to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes which Ismail insisted upon in the original grant
The Suez Canal is opened by Khedive Ismail Pasha of Egypt and Sudan
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