Egyptians

Ethnic group native to Egypt

34 dated entries naming Egyptians, drawn from 33 separate years between 656 BCE and 1832 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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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

1250July 22 – Egyptian politician Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna appointed Vizier of Egypt as the first vizier in the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt.source
1250March 11 – Egyptian politician Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna appointed Vizier of Egypt as the last vizier in the Ayyubid 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