BE- Section 1 DATES

Dates for British Empire Section 1

when was Africa mapped

1857

when did American civil war

1861-65

Napoleon took over Egypt

1798

Muhammad Ali king of Egypt

1805-45

Ismail khedive of Egypt

1863-79

Egypt begun to modernise

1863

Suez Canal under construction

1859-69

period where Suez canal construction stopped

1863-66

Disraeli bought Suez shares

November 1875

Ismail deposed as khedive and Tewfiq took over

1879

Urabi revolution start and end 

1879-September 1882

violence at Alexandria and 50 Europeans kiled

June 1882

Egypt became client state of Britain

1882

Gordon controlled Sudan on behalf of a puppet

1877-80

Mahdi set up jihadist army against British rule to liberate Sudan

June 1881

Sudanese had complete control of Khartoum

1882

counter attack from Egypt-Britain against Mahdi

1883

Gordon beheaded and Khartoum overran by Sudanese and all killed

Jan 1885