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| 1882 |
| | | Anti-western riots in Alexandria result in many deaths and provoke a British invasion | |
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| 1892 |
| | | Constantine Cavafy begins a 30-year career as a civil servant in Alexandria's Irrigation Service | |
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| c. 1935 |
| | | A collection of Constantine Cavafy's poems is published in Alexandria in an undated edition | |
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| 1941 December 19 |
| | | Italian frogmen enter the harbour at Alexandria and cripple two British battleships | |
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| 1942 August 30 |
| | | Rommel's new thrust towards Alexandria is halted by the British at Alam al-Halfa, a ridge near El Alamein | |
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| 1957 |
| | | The publication of the novel Justine launches Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet | |
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