| 1793 | |
| February | Revolutionary France, already at war with Austria and Prussia, declares war on Britain and Holland. |
| 1795 | |
| July | France defeats Allies in the low Countries. Prussia makes peace. |
| October | The Directory established in France. |
| 1796-97 | General Napoleon Bonaparte's victorious campaign against Austria in northern Italy. Austria makes peace. |
| 1798 | |
| February | Bonaparte advises against invasion of England and recommends seizure of Malta and Egypt to cut off Britain's trade with India. Egypt nominally part of Turkish Empire but in effect ruled by Mameluke Beys, Murad and lbrahim. |
| 19th. May | Bonaparte sails with Army of the Orient from Toulon. |
| 12th. June | Malta captured. |
| 2nd. July | French land in Egypt and capture Alexandria. |
| 3rd. July | Advance on Cairo begins. Murad Bey leaves Cairo to intercept French. |
| 13th. July | First action against Murad at Shubra Khit. Mamelukes withdraw and advance continues. |
| 21st. July | Battle of the Pyramids. French defeat Murad. Ibrahim Bey on east bank of Nile not engaged. Murad flies south, Ibrahim towards Sinai. |
| 24th. July | Bonaparte enters Cairo. |
| 1-2nd. August | Battle of the Nile. British fleet under Nelson defeats French fleet in Aboukir Bay. British blockade of Egypt follows. |
| 11th. August | Bonaparte defeats Ibrahim at Saialieh. Ibrahim flies to Syria. French administration of Egypt begins. |
| 25th. August | General Desaix leaves Cairo for Upper Egypt to begin nine month campaign in pursuit of Murad. |
| 9th. September | Turkey declares war on France. |
| 7th. October | Desaixes action at El Lahun. |
| 22nd. October | Rebellion in Cairo crushed. |
| November-December | (a) Bubonic plague, Egypt. Murad reinforced from Arabia. (b) Second Coalition of Britain, Russia, Turkey, Austria and Naples begins to form. The Directory unable to reinforce Bonaparte. (c) Bonaparte learns of two Turkish armies forming for invasion of Egypt and of Tippoo Sahib's rising against British in India. He determines to invade Syria to forestall Turkish invasion and deny use of Syrian ports to British fleet. |
| 1799 | |
| January-May | Desaix's campaign continues along Upper Nile. Sends Belliard to capture Kosseir on Red Sea. |
| 6 February | Bonaparte begins invasion of Syria. |
| 9-19 February | Siege of El Arish. |
| 7th. March | French assault on Jaffa. Bonnaparte slaughters 4,000 Turkish prisoners. French attacked by plague. |
| 15th. March | Commodore Sir Sydney Smith RN arrives off Acre and organises its defences. |
| 18th. March | Bonaparte besieges Acre. |
| 28th.March | First assault fails. |
| April May | Turkish army reported round River Jordan. Kleber sent to reconnoitre. |
| 16th. April | Battle of Mount Tabor. Kleber defeats Turks. |
| 1-10th. May | Attacks against Acre continue unsuccessfully. |
| 20th. May | Bonaparte raises siege and withdraws to Egypt. |
| 29th. May | Belliard captures Kosseir, cutting off Murad's reinforcements from Arabia. Upper Egypt now pacified but Murad still free. |
| May-June | (a) Successful Russian-Austrian offensive against French in Europe. (b) British defeat Tippoo Sahib in India. |
| 14th. June | Bonaparte returns to Cairo. Makes secret plans for his own return to France. |
| 14th. July | Turkish army, supported by Anglo-Turkish fleet, lands at Aboukir. |
| 24th. July | Bonaparte concentrates his army near Aboukir. |
| 25th. July | Battle of Aboukir. Bonaparte reputes Turks. Learns of French defeats in Europe and political crisis in France. |
| 23rd. August | Bonaparte sails secretly for France, leaving Kleber in command in Egypt. |
| September | (a) French defeat Russians in December Switzerland and Anglo Russian force in Holland. (b) Kleber opens peace negotiations with Turks. (c) New Turkish army advances to El Arish. (d) November. 'Coup d'etat' of Brumaire. Consulate replaces Directory with Bonaparte as First Consul. |
| 1800 | |
| 28th. January | Kleber signs treaty with Turks undertaking to evacuate Egypt. Turks advance on Cairo. |
| 18th. March | Kleber informed British would not recognize treaty. Turks approaching Cairo. |
| 18th. March | Battle of Heliopolis. Kleber defeats Turks who incite revolt in Cairo. |
| 27th. March | French operations to subjugate Cairo, continuing until 22 April. |
| May | British land force under General Sir Ralph Abercromby sent to Mediterranean to operate in support of Austria. |
| May-June | Austrians defeated at Marengo and Ulm. |
| 14th. June | Kleber assassinated in Cairo. Menou takes command. |
| 5th. September | British capture Malta. |
| October | Britain plans attack on Egypt by Abercromby's army, supported by Turks plus force from India and Cape of Good Hope under General Baird. |
| 24th. November | Abercromby assembles at Malta. |
| 28th. November | Austrians defeated at Hohenlinden and make peace. |
| December | Bonaparte persuades Russia to close Baltic to British trade and consider joint plan for attacking India. |
| 20th. December | Abercromby sails for Mannorice Bay near Rhodes to prepare for invasion of Egypt. General John Moore at Jaffa to co-ordinate operations with Turks. |
| 1801 | |
| 22nd. February | British sail from Marmorice Bay. |
| 8th. March | Landing at Aboukir Bay. Moore defeats Friant and establishes beachhead. |
| 12th. March | British advance on Alexandria. Menou leaves Cairo for Alexandria with 6,000 reinforcements, leaving Belliard in command. |
| 13th. March | Battle of Mandora. French withdraw into Alexandria, joined by Menou on 19 March. |
| 21st. March | Battle of Alexandria (Canope). Menou attacks Abercromby but defeated and withdraws into Alexandria. Abercromby mortally wounded, succeeded by General Hely - Hutchinson. |
| 25th. March | One Turkish force lands at Aboukir while another advances from Syria. |
| 1st. April | Baird sails from India. |
| 2nd. April | British capture Rosetta. |
| 13th. April | French in Alexandria isolated by flooding of Lake Mareotis. |
| 26th. April | General Coote left to invest Alexandria. Hutchinson and Turks from Aboukir begin advance up Nile. |
| May July | Baird aitives at Kosseir and joined by force from Cape. |
| 9th. May | action at Rahmaniya. French forced to withdraw, thus losing communications between Alexandria and Cairo. Turkish Syrian army advancing up east bank of Nile. |
| 19th. June | Baird begins advance across desert to Keneh |
| 21st. June | Hutchinson and Turks invest Cairo |
| 27th. June | Belliards, with 13,000 troops surrenders 'm Cairo |
| 15th. July | French leave Cairo for Rosetta escorted by Moore Baird learns of surrender and advances down Nile. |
| 30th. July | Moore reaches Rosetta. Belliard's force embarked for France |
| 9th. August | Hutchinson begins operations against Alexandria. |
| 30th. August | Menou surrenders. Embarks for France 14 September. Egypt now clear of French troops. |
| 1st. October | Peace signed between Britain and France. |
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