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4 January 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte is received at the Institute. – 12 January 1798 – He makes a presentation to the Directory on an invasion plan of England. – 21 January 1798 – Bonaparte attends the commemoration of the execution of King Louis XVI.
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February 1798 – Charles-Maurice
de Talleyrand-Périgord reads a report on the issue of Egypt
to the Directory. – 15
February 1798 – The French army under Louis-Alexandre
Berthier enters Rome
5 March 1798 – The Directory decides on the conquest of Egypt, under General Napoleon Bonaparte.
12 April 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Orient.
4 May 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Paris for Toulon. – 19 May 1798 – The fleet transporting the Army of the Orient (37,000 men) gets underway for Egypt.
10 June 1798 – Stopover in front of Malta. – 12 June 1798 – Capitulation of La Valette, 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 are freed. – 17 June 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte informs the Directory of the capture of Malta. – 30 June 1798 – Bonaparte writes to the pasha of Egypt for inviting him to join forces with him.
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July 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte lands in Egypt, near
Alexandria. – 2
July 1798 – Bonaparte enters
Alexandria
1st-2 August 1798 – Naval defeat of Abukir (Battle of the Nile). – 8 August 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte embarks on the pursuit of Ibrahim. – 16 August 1798 – Marriage of Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte and Désirée Clary, ex-fiancee of Napoleon Bonaparte. – 22 August 1798 – Creation by Bonaparte of the Institute of Egypt. – 25 August 1798 – Bonaparte gets a village whose inhabitants assassinated sixteen Frenchmen looted and burnt. – 29 August 1798 – First issue of the Courrier de l'Égypte, founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in Cairo.
4 September 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte imposes the tricoloured flag and cockade. – 6 September 1798 – Seid Mohammed el-Koraïm, a high dignitary of Cairo, is shot down for having betrayed the Republic after having sworn loyalty to it. His head is 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 demands funds from the appropriator of funds Poussielgue. – 26 September 1798 – Bonaparte orders General Dugua to disarm the population, arrest the suspects and take hostages. – 27 September 1798 – He enjoins the governor of Cairo to get two spies beheaded.
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October 1798 – Napoleon Bonaparte demands more severity
of General Vial. – 9
October 1798 – Fresh admonishment to Poussielgue. – 21
October 1798 – Revolt of the population of Cairo
18 December 1798 – Pauline Fourès's husband returns to France carrying dispatches to the Directory. – 19 December 1798 – The monks of Mount Sinai are exempt from all duties and tributes and get total freedom of worship. This is so, due to respect for Moses and the Jewish nation. – 21 December 1798 – Reinstatement of the Grand Divan of Cairo.