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1798 CE - 1801 CE: Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria serves as a catalyst for the formation of the Second Coalition.
1798 CE: The French fleet carrying Napoleon Bonaparte and the Armée d'Orient sets out for Egypt.
1798 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte captures Malta and expels the Knights of St John.
1798 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria in Egypt.
1798 CE: The Battle of the Pyramids, fought between French and Mamluk forces, results in a decisive French victory.
1798 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte enters Cairo.
1798 CE: The French fleet anchored at Aboukir Bay is completely destroyed by a British fleet under Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.
1799 CE: The Siege of Jaffa results in a French victory; thousands of Ottoman prisoners are subsequently massacred.
1799 CE: The French unsuccessfully lay siege to Acre, and are forced to retreat; Napoleon Bonaparte's Syrian campaign is ended.
1799 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte defeats an Ottoman army at the Battle of Mount Tabor.
1799 CE: The Rosetta Stone is rediscovered by Pierre-François Bouchard, an officer in Napoleon's army.
1799 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France, abandoning his army in Alexandria.
1800 CE: General Jean-Baptiste Kléber, commander of the French Army of Egypt, is assassinated in Alexandria.
1801 CE: The Siege of Alexandria results in a French defeat and an inglorious end to Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria.