25 April 1859
Construction of Suez Canal
Allows construction to begin at Port Said under the Suez Canal Company concession.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Port Said in Egypt. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Allows construction to begin at Port Said under the Suez Canal Company concession.
Nasser calls on Egyptian forces and civilians to resist the Anglo-French assault on Port Said.
Provenance
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