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Egyptians

Ethnic group native to Egypt

37 dated entries naming Egyptians, drawn from 36 separate years between 1274 BCE and 2012 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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13th century BC

  • 1274 BCE1274 BC—The Battle of Kadesh (or Battle of Qadesh) in Syria, regarded as the largest (5,000–6,000) chariot vs. chariot battle in antiquity. The end of the battle is followed by some 15 years of border warfare ended by the signing of the earliest known peace treaty between the Hittites and Egyptians, the Treaty of Kadesh.source

11th century BC

  • 1090 BCE1090 BC—or the Year of the Hyenas, in the reign of Ramesses XI, was a year of catastrophe. There was a very significant drop in the flow of river Nile waters, caused by a spike in climate normality. This led to significant starvation of the Egyptians, loss of faith in the religion as conducted by the high priest and collapse not only of the state in Egypt but also its economy, leading to a ten-year period of chaos. This led to the emergence of tomb robbers and the end of the Valley of the Kings as a burial site. Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaohs' Tombmakerssource

7th century BC

  • 656 BCEKing Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon forms a secret alliance with Arabs, Aramaeans, Elamites, Persians, and Egyptians against his half brother Ashurbanipal.source

3rd century BC

  • 246 BCESporadic riots in Egypt, continued rejection by Egyptians of foreign rule, and military conflicts with the Greeks.source

2nd century BC

  • 131 BCECapture of Thebes: Egyptian rebel Harsiesi seized Thebes in the summer of 131 BC, proclaimed pharaoh, for a short period of time.source

1st century

  • 19Emperor Tiberius expels the Egyptians from Rome, and deports 4,000 Jews from Sicily.source

2nd century

  • 172The Bucolic War broke out in Egypt. The Egyptians, led by Isidorus, fought against the Roman Empire under Marcus Aurelius.source

3rd century

  • 212The edict of Emperor Caracalla (Constitutio Antoniniana) extends Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire, with the exception of a limited group that may include Egyptians. The Jewish people are among those who receive citizenship. All free women in the Empire are given the same rights as Roman women.source
  • 292The Upper Egypt revolts of (292–293) outbreak in Egypt, centralized in the city of Thebes, primarily involving other Egyptian cities such as Busiris and Coptos. A precursor to the much larger national Egyptian rebellion that followed a few years later.source

4th century

  • 363Egyptian rose in revolt against Roman occupation, armed clashes occur.source

5th century

  • 451The Egyptian people clash with Byzantine soldiers in Alexandria rejecting Proterius of Alexandria as the new Chalcedonian Patriarch. The Egyptian rebels besieged the imperial garrison in the ancient temple of Serapis, and burned them alive. The Byzantine military eventually suppressed the uprising with heavy reinforcements.source
  • 457Egyptian people rose in revolt and assassinate Proterius of Alexandria, and dragged his body through the streets of Alexandria and burned it. Timothy II Aelurus anti-Chalcedonian pope becomes elected by Egyptians.source

8th century

  • 715Egyptian military commander Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi is appointed governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate.source
  • 720The Egyptians wage the Bashmurian revolts against the foreign Arab rulers. Egyptians establish a semi-independent region in the Nile Delta with Bashmur as the capital.source
  • 727Egyptian military commander Abd al-Malik ibn Rifa'a al-Fahmi is appointed for a second term as the governor of Egypt for the Umayyad Caliphate.source
  • 767The Bashmurian revolts continues in Egypt. A general revolt of the Delta takes place. The Egyptians joined with Arab settlers against the Abbasid government. Local officials were killed, and the governor Yazīd ibn Ḥātim sent a force against them, but it was defeated and forced to retreat to al-Fusṭāṭ.source

9th century

  • 836Egyptian military commander Abdel Wahid bin Yazid el-Iskandarani is appointed vizier of the Emirate of Córdoba in the Iberian Peninsula, rules until 851.source

10th century

  • 905Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh, an Abbasid military officer, is appointed governor of the provinces of Damascus and Jordan. He is sent to confront a pro-Tulunid rebellion in Egypt under Egyptian general Muhammad ibn Ali al-Khalanji. The latter manages to capture Fustat and proclaims the restoration of the Tulunids, while the local Abbasid commander withdraws to Alexandria.source
  • 993Egyptian military commander Isa ibn Nasturus ibn Surus appointed Vizier of Egypt.source
  • 994Egyptian politician Isa ibn Nasturus ibn Surus appointed Vizier of Egypt.source
  • 999Egyptian military commander Abu'l-Ala Fahd ibn Ibrahim appointed Vizier of Egypt.source

11th century

  • 1010Egyptian military commander Zar'ah ibn Isa ibn Nasturus appointed Vizier of Egypt.source
  • 1018Egyptian military commander Sa'id ibn Isa ibn Nasturus appointed Vizier of Egypt.source
  • 1066Egyptian military commander Abu Sa'd Mansur ibn Zunbur known as al-sayyid, al-afḍal appointed Vizier in Egypt.source
  • 1073Egyptian official Abu'l-Ala Abd al-Ghani ibn Nasr ibn Sa'id al-Dayf appointed Vizier in Egypt.source

12th century

  • 1137Egyptian military commander Ridwan ibn Walakhshi appointed Vizier in Egypt.source
  • 1162Egyptian military commander Shawar appointed Vizier of Egypt.source
  • 1163Egyptian military commander Shawar appointed Vizier of Egypt for a second term.source

13th century

  • 1250March 11 – Egyptian politician Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna appointed Vizier of Egypt as the last vizier in the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.source
  • 1250July 22 – Egyptian politician Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna appointed Vizier of Egypt as the first vizier in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt.source
  • 1257Egyptian judge Ibn bint al-A'azz appointed Vizier of Egypt for a second term.source
  • 1261February 8 – Egyptian politician Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna appointed Vizier of Egypt for the third term that will last until April 1278.source
  • 1287June – Egyptian Mamluk forces under Sultan Qalawun (the Victorious) captures Dongola after defeating the Kingdom of Makuria under the leadership of Egyptian general Izz al-Din al-Kawrani.source

14th century

  • 1399June 21 – Egyptian prince Saad al-Din bin Ghurab becomes the Amir al-umara of Egypt.source

15th century

  • 1424June 22 – Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt under the leadership of Egyptian general Ibn bint al-Aqsarayi launch a series of military expeditions marking the start of the Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426).source

19th century

  • 1832May 10 – The Egyptians, aided by Maronites, seize Acre from the Ottoman Empire after a 7-month siege.source

21st century

  • 201214 September: Protesters angered by an anti-Islamic film denigrating the Prophet Muhammad attack the German and British embassies in Khartoum. In Khartoum, Tunis and Cairo, at least seven people die. An Egyptian fruit seller dies by rubber bullets.source

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