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Egypt in 1879

Historical records for Egypt in 1879, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

June

26 June 1879DepositionIsmail Pasha

Cairo · Government / Government of Egypt

Is deposed by the Ottoman Sultan after British and French intervention.

26 June 1879SovereigntyTewfik Pasha

Cairo · Government / Government of Egypt

Succeeds Ismail as Khedive after Ottoman deposition of his father under British and French pressure.

Names involved

Ismail PashaTewfik Pasha

Places involved

Cairo

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.