Ground is broken for the Suez Canal,…

April 1859 CE

Ground is broken for the Suez Canal, in Egypt, on April 25, 1859.

Work starts on the shore of the future Port Said.

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Port Said > Bur Sa'id Bur Sa'id Egypt View →

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Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin View → Ferdinand de Lesseps View → Robert Stephenson View →

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Ottoman Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Egypt, (Ottoman) Viceroyalty of View → France, Second Empire of View →

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