Cairo in the Ottoman Empire
The atlas holds 14 people and 21 moments here, from 1324 to 1921. The most recorded lives are Ibn Khaldun, Napoleon Bonaparte and Ibn Battuta.
Notable people
Agatha Christie
in 1907
1 moment here
English novelist, playwright, and memoirist, internationally known for detective fiction featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1910
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Florence Nightingale
in 1850
1 moment here
English social reformer, statistician, and nursing pioneer. Nightingale’s documented movements span childhood homes in England; travel and nursing…
Gustave Flaubert
from 1849 to 1850
2 moments here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Ibn Battuta
from 1326 to 1348
2 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Ibn Khaldun
from 1383 to 1406
3 moments here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Mansa Musa
in 1324
2 moments here
Mansa Musa (c. 1280–c. 1337), also known as Musa I of Mali, was mansa of the Mali Empire. The securely documented movements of his life are…
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
from 1811 to 1815
2 moments here
Ottoman Albanian military commander and wālī of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. Muhammad Ali consolidated power in Egypt, undertook campaigns in Arabia and…
Naguib Mahfouz
in 1911
1 moment here
Egyptian novelist, screenwriter, and playwright whose fiction made Cairo a central setting of modern Arabic literature.…
Napoleon Bonaparte
in 1798
2 moments here
French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…
Pedro II of Brazil
in 1871
1 moment here
Pedro II (1825–1891) was the second and final emperor of Brazil, reigning from 1831 until the 1889 coup that abolished the monarchy.…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1872
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
William Makepeace Thackeray
in 1844
1 moment here
English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…
Winston Churchill
in 1921
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 1324 Arrival and residence in Cairo Mansa Musa
- 1324 Camp by the Pyramids of Giza Mansa Musa
- 1326 Arrives in Cairo Ibn Battuta
- 1348 Stays at Abu Sir Ibn Battuta
- 1383 Arrival in Cairo Ibn Khaldun
- 1401 Return to Cairo after Damascus Ibn Khaldun
- 1406 Death and burial in Cairo Ibn Khaldun
- 1798 Commands at the Pyramids Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1798 Caught outside Cairo during revolt Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1811 Mamluk massacre at the Citadel Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1815 Return to the capital from Arabia Muhammad Ali of Egypt
- 1844 Near Eastern tour: Cairo William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1849 Cairo and the Giza-Memphis excursion Gustave Flaubert
- 1850 Journey near Cairo Florence Nightingale
- 1850 Cairo before the Nile voyage Gustave Flaubert
- 1871 Visit to Giza Necropolis Pedro II of Brazil
- 1872 Family journey in Egypt Theodore Roosevelt
- 1907 Winter stay at Gezira Palace Hotel Agatha Christie
- 1910 Birth in Cairo Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1911 Birth in Old Cairo Naguib Mahfouz
- 1921 Convenes Middle East conference in Cairo Winston Churchill