Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule
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