The British Empire : Egypt 1882-1898

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1869
The Suez Canal opened
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1875
Disraeli buys 44% of the canal behind governements back
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1878
Khedive asks for britains help with national debt. Britain takes control of Egypts finance
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1880
Gladstone (liberals) defeats Disrailes government in Britain beocming the next prime minister
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1882
Riots in Alexandria- death of 50 europians (reported many more). Britain decides to take formal control of Egypt by invading the country
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1882
France and Britain send warships to Alexandria to stop the rebellion
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1870
Franco-Prussian War - Frrench lost to Germany who took control
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1882-1914
Egypt was a Veiled Protectorate of the british empire
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1882
Gambetta Note
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1876-79
General Gordon appointed the govener of Sudan to end the slave trade (which he tried to do but he realised that the people wouldnt allow it so he made the conditions better )
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1881
Mahdi rose to power in Sudan as a radicle Jihadi that rejected christianity
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1884-1885
Siege of Khartoum- Gordon killed
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1884
Gordon was brought back to Sudan to ecacuate europiand form sudan but he failed to follow orders
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1886 & 1896
The Birtish stayed clear of intervention in the Nile
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1890
Whole of the Nile Valley was under the British 'sphere of influence'
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1884
Edward Grey- told the french that their intervention would be seen as a ' unfriendly act'
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1896
Lord Kitchener forces sent to defeat the new Mahdi and take back control of Sudan (success)
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1898
Battle of Omdurman | where they successfuly took back control of Sudan
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1898
Fashoda Incident | British and French forces bump into eachother passing and just about avoided a large confilct
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Disraeli buys 44% of the canal behind governements back

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Khedive asks for britains help with national debt. Britain takes control of Egypts finance

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Gladstone (liberals) defeats Disrailes government in Britain beocming the next prime minister

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Riots in Alexandria- death of 50 europians (reported many more). Britain decides to take formal control of Egypt by invading the country

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