January 1798
4 January 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte was received at the Institute, in Paris.
12 January 1798 – He made a presentation to the Directory on an invasion plan of England.
21 January 1798 – Bonaparte attended the commemoration of the execution of King Louis XVI.
February 1798
14 February 1798 – Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord read to the Directory a report on the issue of Egypt.
15 February 1798 – The French army under Louis-Alexandre Berthier entered Rome .
20 February 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte was back in Paris.
23 February 1798 – A report by Bonaparte rejected the idea of making a descent in England. His advice was to conclude peace with it.
March 1798
5 March 1798 – The Directory decided on the conquest of Egypt, under General Napoleon Bonaparte.
April 1798
12 April 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Orient.
May 1798
4 May 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte left Paris for Toulon.
19 May 1798 – The French fleet set sail for Egypt: thirteen ships of the line, forty-two frigates, brigs and avisos, and thirty transports carrying the expeditionary force of 37,000 men.
June 1798
10 June 1798 – Stopover in front of Malta.
12 June 1798 – Capitulation of Valletta, the capital of the island.
13 June 1798 – End of the conquest.
14 June 1798 – Destruction of the Order of Saint-Jean of Jerusalem. Two thousand barbaric slaves were freed.
17 June 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte informed the Directory of the capture of Malta.
30 June 1798 – Bonaparte wrote to the pasha of Egypt for inviting him to join forces with him.
July 1798
1st July 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte landed in Egypt, near Alexandria.
2nd July 1798 – Bonaparte entered Alexandria . Proclamation to the people of Egypt asking them not to support the Mamelukes.
13 July 1798 – First French victory, at Chobrakit. In the evening, camp on the banks of the Nile.
21 July 1798 – Battle of Pyramids.
22 July 1798 – Bonaparte wrote to the notables of Cairo demanding their submission.
25 July 1798 – He entered Cairo.
30 July 1798 – Bonaparte ordered the disarmament of the inhabitants of Alexandria, on pain of capital punishment.
31 July 1798 – Bonaparte decided to disarm the inhabitants of Cairo.
August 1798
1st-2 August 1798 – Naval defeat of Abukir (Battle of the Nile).
8 August 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte embarked on the pursuit of Ibrahim.
16 August 1798 – Marriage of Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte and Désirée Clary, former fiancee of Napoleon Bonaparte.
22 August 1798 – Creation by Bonaparte of the Institute of Egypt.
25 August 1798 – Bonaparte got looted and burnt a village whose inhabitants had assassinate sixteen Frenchmen.
29 August 1798 – First issue of the Courrier de l'Égypte, founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in Cairo.
September 1798
4 September 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte imposed the tricoloured flag and cockade.
6 September 1798 – Seid Mohammed el-Koraïm, a high dignitary of Cairo, was shot down for having betrayed the Republic after
having sworn loyalty to it. His head was paraded on the streets.
16 September 1798 – Sale of the confiscated diamonds, gold coins and precious fabrics.
22 September 1798 – Celebration of the foundation of the French Republic.
25 September 1798 – Bonaparte demanded funds from the appropriator of funds Poussielgue.
26 September 1798 – Bonaparte ordered General Dugua to disarm the population, arrest the suspects and take hostages.
27 September 1798 – He enjoined the governor of Cairo to get two spies beheaded.
October 1798
6 October 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte demanded more severity of General Vial.
9 October 1798 – Fresh admonishment to Poussielgue.
21 October 1798 – Revolt of the population of Cairo : death of General Dominique-Martin Dupuy.
22 October 1798 – Abolition of the Grand Divan of Cairo.
23 October 1798 – To Berthier: Bonaparte ordered the execution of all the prisoners who had been caught with weapons in their hands.
28 October 1798 – Bonaparte wrote to Louis Charles Antoine Desaix to inform him that everything was perfectly calm and quiet and in order.
30 October 1798 – Bonaparte inaugurated a concert-garden in Cairo. He made the acquaintance of Pauline Fourès, the wife of one of his officers.
December 1798
18 December 1798 – Pauline Fourès's husband returned to France carrying dispatches to the Directory.
19 December 1798 – The monks of Mount Sinai were exempt from all duties and tributes and get total freedom of worship. This was
so, due to respect for Moses and the Jewish nation.
21 December 1798 – Reinstatement of the Grand Divan of Cairo.