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May 1798 - Sep 1801Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria serves as a catalyst for the formation of the Second Coalition.
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19 May 1798The French fleet carrying Napoleon Bonaparte and the Armée d'Orient sets out for Egypt.
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10 Jun 1798Napoleon Bonaparte captures Malta and expels the Knights of St John.
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2 Jul 1798Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria in Egypt.
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21 Jul 1798The Battle of the Pyramids, fought between French and Mamluk forces, results in a decisive French victory.
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24 Jul 1798Napoleon Bonaparte enters Cairo.
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1 Aug 1798The French fleet anchored at Aboukir Bay is completely destroyed by a British fleet under Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile.
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3 Mar 1799 - 7 Mar 1799The Siege of Jaffa results in a French victory; thousands of Ottoman prisoners are subsequently massacred.
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20 Mar 1799 - 21 May 1799The French unsuccessfully lay siege to Acre, and are forced to retreat; Napoleon Bonaparte's Syrian campaign is ended.
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16 Apr 1799Napoleon Bonaparte defeats an Ottoman army at the Battle of Mount Tabor.
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15 Jul 1799The Rosetta Stone is rediscovered by Pierre-François Bouchard, an officer in Napoleon's army.
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23 Aug 1799Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Egypt for France, abandoning his army in Alexandria.
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14 Jun 1800General Jean-Baptiste Kléber, commander of the French Army of Egypt, is assassinated in Alexandria.
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17 Aug 1801 - 2 Sep 1801The Siege of Alexandria results in a French defeat and an inglorious end to Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt and Syria.
