Ferdinand de Lesseps17 November 1869
Celebrates the opening of the canal after a decade of construction across the Suez Isthmus.
France · Government / Empire, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Celebrates the opening of the canal after a decade of construction across the Suez Isthmus.
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