This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, Egypt. Egypt achieved full independence from the United Kingdom in 1952. The territory was under nominal British rule since 1882. The Ottoman Empire ruled the territory from 1517 and maintained nominal allegiance up to 1914.
Map of Egypt courtesy of CIA World Factbook
Egyptian Revolution 1805-11
Wahhabi War 1811-18
Sudan Conquest 1820-39
First Egyptian War 1831-33
Bashir II's Secession 1832-40
Second Egyptian War 1838-41
Abyssinian-Egyptian War 1875-79
Mahdist Jihad in the Sudan 1881-85
British Occupation of Egypt 1882
British Reconquest of Sudan 1896-99
Egyptian Revolution 1919
Milner Mission: Egypt 1919
Assassination of Britons in Egypt 1920-24
Zaghlul's Deportation: Egypt 1921
Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt 1928-49
Young Egypt Movement 1933-49
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty Protests 1936
World War II 1939-45
Israeli War of Independence 1948-49
Bulldozing Incident in Egypt 1951
Egyptian Police Militancy 1952
Free Officers' Coup in Egypt 1952
Textile Workers' Strike in Egypt 1952
Israeli Raid on Gaza 1955
Nationalization of the Suez Canal 1956
Suez Canal War 1956
United Arab Republic Dissolution 1962
Officials' Plot: Egypt 1967
Six Day War 1967
Sentencing Demonstrations: Egypt 1968
Reform Demonstrations: Egypt 1968
War of Attrition 1969-70
Corrective Revolution: Egypt 1971
October War 1973
"Infitah" Rioting: Egypt 1977
Libyan-Egyptian War 1977
Assassination of Sadat: Egypt 1981
Persian Gulf War 1990-91
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