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Napoleon extended amnesty to the leaders of the revolt in 1798. In 1798, Napoleon led the French army into Egypt, swiftly conquering Alexandria and Cairo. However, in October of that year, discontent against the French led to an uprising by the people of Cairo.
The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French Invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Embabeh, across the Nile River from Cairo, but was named by Napoleon after the Great Pyramid of Giza visible nearly nine miles away.
The military career of Napoleon spanned over 20 years. He led French armies in the French Revolutionary Wars and later, as emperor , in the Napoleonic Wars . Despite his rich war-winning record, Napoleon 's military career ended in defeat.
The Egypt Cup is the oldest tournament in the history of Egyptian football that is still being held to-date. It is the first association football championship to be organized by the Egyptian Football Association. The first local football tournament in Egypt was the Sultan Hussein Cup. The first team to win the Egypt Cup was Zamalek in 1922.
Despite the idealistic promises proclaimed by Napoleon, Egyptian intellectuals like 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1753–1825 C.E/ 1166–1240 A.H) were heavily critical of Napoleon's objectives. As a major chronicler of the French invasion, Jabarti decried the French invasion of Egypt as the start of:
The British Army in Egypt 1801. Warwick: Helion. ISBN 978-1-911628-14-9. François, Capt. Charles (1906). From Valmy to Waterloo. Extracts from the diary of Capt.Charles François, a soldier of the Revolution and the Empire. Vol. VI (facsimile ed.). London: Everett & co. Gloucestershire Museum (2023). "Battle of Alexandria".
Turkey 1 – 7 Egypt (France; 1 June 1924) Uganda: 21 17 2 2 41 13 +28 30 June 2019 Egypt 6 – 0 Uganda (Egypt; 30 July 1995) United Arab Emirates: 5 3 2 0 5 2 +4 31 July 2005 UAE 1 – 2 Egypt (UAE; 16 December 2002) (Egypt; 6 January 2001) 1 PSO win for Egypt Uruguay: 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 15 June 2018 Egypt 0 – 1 Uruguay
The monument to Napoleon's soldiers at Stella Maris Monastery. Napoleon did allow hundreds of local citizens to leave the city, hoping that the news they would carry of Jaffa's fall would intimidate the defenders of the other cities in the Eyalet and Syria, causing them to surrender or flee. In fact, it had mixed results.