7 Nile Valley timeline Flashcards
when was the Suez Canal opened?
1869
when did Disraeli purchase Suez Canal shares?
1874
when was Dual Control established in Egypt?
1878
when do the Mahdi emerge in Sudan?
1881
when is the bombardment of Alexandria?
11th June 1882
when does Baring arrive in Egypt?
1883
when do Mahdist forces wipe out an Egyptian army led by Hicks?
Nov 1883
when is Gordon ordered to evacuate Sudan?
Jan 1884
when is Gordon besieged in Khartoum by Madist forces, resulting in the entire garrison dying?
1885
when does Salisbury become PM?
1886
when is the Constantinople Convention?
22nd May 1887
when do the British declare the whole of the Nile Valley under their ‘sphere of influence’?
1890
when does Salisbury order an expedition, led by Kitchener, to secure the source of the Nile + pacify Mahdists?
1896
when was the Battle of Omdurman?
2nd Sep 1898
when do the British + French meet at Fashoda?
18th Sep 1898
