EgyptandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
4 SHARED EVENTSUnited Kingdom

Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · EGY LEFT · GBR RIGHT

1. 1882

   British occupation begins

   Britain defeats the Urabi revolt and occupies Egypt, taking effective control of the country while leaving the khedive nominally in place.

   Colonisation · from the Egypt chronicle · Ottoman Rule, Muhammad Ali and British Occupation · REFS 1 — Egypt: Ottoman administration

2. 19 January 1899

   Anglo-Egyptian agreement fixes the 22nd parallel as the Sudan limit

   Britain and Egypt agree on the joint administration of the Sudan, defining it as all territories south of the 22nd parallel of latitude. Egypt still cites this line as its international boundary with Sudan.

   Colonisation · from the Egypt chronicle · Ottoman Rule, Muhammad Ali and British Occupation · REFS 3 — Sudan Convention (1899), International Boundary Study No. 18: Egypt (United Arab Republic) – Sudan Boundary (1962), Egypt: Declaration to the UN Secretary-General (4 May 2017)

3. 28 February 1922

   Declaration of Egyptian independence

   After the 1919 revolution led by Saad Zaghloul and the Wafd, Britain unilaterally declares Egypt independent; Fuad I becomes king of the new Kingdom of Egypt.

   Independence · from the Egypt chronicle · Ottoman Rule, Muhammad Ali and British Occupation · REFS 1 — Egyptian revolution of 1919

4. 1956

   Suez Crisis

   Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal; an invasion by Britain, France and Israel is forced into withdrawal, confirming Egypt's sovereignty and Nasser's standing.

   War & Rupture · from the Egypt chronicle · The Modern Republic · REFS 2 — Suez Crisis, Gamal Abdel Nasser