280 notable events in Egypt — wars, terror attacks and shipwrecks. Page 1 of 3.
- Tutankhamun
date unknown · Death & funeral
- Suez Crisis
Oct 29, 1956–Nov 7, 1956 · War & armed conflict
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War
May 15, 1948–Mar 10, 1949 · War & armed conflict
- USS Liberty incident
Jun 8, 1967 · War & armed conflict
- Death of Cleopatra
30 BC · Suicide & execution
- Killing of Giulio Regeni
Jan 25, 2016 · Murder & homicide
- War of Attrition
Jul 1, 1967–Aug 7, 1970 · War & armed conflict
- 2011 Egyptian revolution
Jan 25, 2011–Feb 11, 2011 · Riot & unrest
- Lavon Affair
1954 · Scandal & controversy
- 2021 Suez Canal obstruction
Mar 23, 2021–Mar 29, 2021 · Maritime disaster
- HMS Barham (04)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Hans-Joachim Marseille
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Ever Given
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Assassination of Anwar Sadat
Oct 6, 1981 · Shooting
- Egyptian revolution of 1952
Jul 23, 1952 · War & armed conflict
- Luxor massacre
Nov 17, 1997 · Terrorism
- Flash Airlines Flight 604
Jan 3, 2004 · Aviation accident
- 2013 Egyptian coup d'état
Jul 3, 2013 · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Yahya Sinwar
Oct 16, 2024 · War & armed conflict
- Port Said Stadium riot
Feb 1, 2012 · Riot & unrest
- Sinai insurgency
from Feb 5, 2011 · War & armed conflict
- Seqenenre Tao
date unknown · Attack (other)
- Anglo-Egyptian War
Jul 1882–Sep 1882 · War & armed conflict
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad
date unknown · Terrorism
- Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted
Jan 25, 2012 · War & armed conflict
- SS Thistlegorm
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Rabaa massacre
Aug 14, 2013 · Massacre
- Mass sexual assault in Egypt
date unknown · Attack (other)
- Diaspora Revolt
115–117 · War & armed conflict
- Bar Lev Line
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Yellow Fleet
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Theban Legion
date unknown · Massacre
- 1919 Egyptian revolution
1919 · War & armed conflict
- INS Dakar
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- MV Salem Express
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks
Dec 1, 2010–Dec 5, 2010 · Attack (other)
- Operation Damocles
1960s · Scandal & controversy
- Rafah paramedic massacre
Mar 23, 2025 · Massacre
- Operation Focus
Jun 5, 1967 · War & armed conflict
- Islamic State – Sinai Province
date unknown · Terrorism
- Urabi revolt
1879–1882 · Riot & unrest
- Raid on Alexandria (1941)
Dec 19, 1941 · War & armed conflict
- Lost Army of Cambyses
524 BC · Disappearance
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
from May 27, 2025 · War & armed conflict
- Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
Feb 21, 1973 · Aviation accident
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705
May 20, 1965 · Aviation accident
- Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour
Jan 1, 2004–Jan 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Persecution of Copts
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings
Jul 23, 2005 · Terrorism
- June 2013 Egyptian protests
Jun 30, 2013–Jul 3, 2013 · Riot & unrest
- Egyptian Crisis (2011–2014)
Jan 25, 2011–May 2014 · Crisis
- Operation Musketeer (1956)
Nov 1956 · War & armed conflict
- Denshawai incident
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Citadel massacre
Mar 1, 1811 · Massacre
- Philadelphi Corridor
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Takfir wal-Hijra
date unknown · Terrorism
- Oriental Crisis of 1840
Nov 1840 · Crisis
- Ansar Bait al-Maqdis
date unknown · Terrorism
- Terrorism in Egypt
Oct 6, 1981 · Terrorism
- Operation Rimon 20
Jul 30, 1970 · War & armed conflict
- 2017 Sinai mosque attack
Nov 24, 2017 · Terrorism
- Revolt of Cairo
Oct 21, 1798–Oct 22, 1798 · War & armed conflict
- HMS Zealous (R39)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2002 El Ayyat railway accident
Feb 20, 2002 · Rail accident
- Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing
Apr 8, 1970 · Bombing & explosion
- Corrective revolution (Egypt)
May 15, 1971
- 1992 Cairo earthquake
Oct 12, 1992 · Earthquake
- Cairo fire
Jan 26, 1952 · Riot & unrest
- EgyptAir Flight 667
Jul 29, 2011 · Aviation accident
- Attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Oct 26, 1954 · Shooting
- 2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash
Feb 26, 2013 · Aviation accident
- Assassination of Wasfi Tal
Nov 28, 1971 · Massacre
- Alexandrian riots (38 CE)
38 · Riot & unrest
- Sack of Damietta (853)
May 22, 853–May 23, 853 · War & armed conflict
- 2012–2013 Egyptian protests
Nov 22, 2012–Jul 3, 2013 · Riot & unrest
- Bombardment of Alexandria
Jul 11, 1882–Jul 13, 1882 · Bombing & explosion
- 2011 Alexandria bombing
Jan 1, 2011 · Terrorism
- Operation Bulmus 6
Jul 19, 1969 · War & armed conflict
- Palm Sunday church bombings
Apr 9, 2017 · Terrorism
- Gaza peace summit
Oct 13, 2025 · War & armed conflict
- Timeline of terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
from Jul 3, 2013 · War & armed conflict
- German submarine U-559
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 2023–2024 Egyptian financial crisis
from 2023 · Crisis
- Taba Summit
date unknown
- Ras Sedr massacre
Jun 1967 · Massacre
- Cairo 52
May 11, 2001 · Crime & justice
- 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot
Feb 25, 1986–Feb 28, 1986 · Riot & unrest
- Sack of Thebes
663 BC · War & armed conflict
- April 6 Youth Movement
date unknown · Riot & unrest
- Botroseya Church bombing
Dec 11, 2016 · Terrorism
- Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014)
Jul 3, 2013 · Riot & unrest
- Kerdasa massacre
Aug 14, 2013 · Massacre
- Ofira Air Battle
Oct 6, 1973 · War & armed conflict
- Ramses Station rail disaster
Feb 27, 2019 · Rail accident
- 30 June Stadium stampede
Feb 8, 2015 · Stampede & crowd crush
- HMS Calcutta (D82)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Maspero demonstrations
Oct 9, 2011–Oct 10, 2011 · Massacre
- Meet al-Attar shooting
Aug 21, 2013 · Shooting
- 1942 Abdeen Palace incident
Feb 4, 1942 · War & armed conflict