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Day of Rage
Egyptian activists protest against poverty, unemployment, corruption and their long term president Hosni Mubarak.- Activists join together in the streets to commemorate police forces.
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Tahir Square
Anit - Government demonstrators harm and kill police officers and other protestors with rocks and firebombs.- Tear gas was used to rid Cairo of the protestors, along with ammunition.
- Robert Gibbs (Obama Administration Spokesman) tells reporters that "the government should demonstrate it's responsiveness to the people of Egypt" by recognising their "universal rights".
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Mohamed ElBaradei Arrives
The former head of the UN, ElBaradei, arrives in Egypt to protest.
He says he will "Lead the transition" in Egypt if asked to do so. -
Counterterrorism
An elite special counterterrorism force has been deployed at strategic points around Cairo in the hours before the planned protests. (The Associated Press news agency) Protesters also comment that cell phone services have been disrupted as the country prepares for another wave ove protests. -
Americans to Leave
All Americans currently in Egypt are advised to return home due to the chaos. -
No Re-Election
Hosni Mubarak announces in a televised address that he will not run for re-election but refuses to step down from office. -
Openings and Closings
Banks have reopened, schools and the stock exhange remain closed. -
Protesters continue to gather at Tahrir Square
The city sees possibly the biggest crowd of demonstrators, including Egyptians who have returned from abroad and other newcomers mobilised by the release of activist Wael Ghonim. -
Removing people
Soldiers try to remove the remaining protesters in Tahrir Square and their tents are dismantled. Traffic flows through the square for the first time since the protests began. -
Novemeber
Sometime between 18 November and 21 November 2012, secular groups walked out of the constitutional constituent assembly because they believed that it would impose strict Islamic practices, while members of the Muslim Brotherhood supported Morsi. -
Cario
On 23 November, protests erupted in Cairo, the port city of Alexandria and elsewhere around Egypt, as opponents of President Mohamed Morsi clashed with his supporters over his 22 November 2012 declaration. -
December Power
On 1 December, Morsi announced that a constitutional referendum on the 2012 Draft Constitution of Egypt will be held in Egypt on 15 December 2012. Islamist backers of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi have held mass rallies at Cairo University in Cairo and other cities of Egypt to support his sweeping new powers and the drafting of a constitution, while several thousand of Mr. Morsi’s opponents rallied in Tahrir Square to oppose the draft constitution and what they describe as Morsi’s power grab -
Begin Again
On the second anniversary of the beginning of the 2011 revolution, protests again erupted in cities across the country, following occasional skirmishes between protesters and police in Cairo the day before. -
Riot
On 1 February, protesters gathered in front of the presidential residence in Cairo and clashed with riot police officers -
Prison Break
On 3 March, clashes erupted in Port Said when police fired teargas at demonstrators opposed to the Interior Ministry decision to transfer 39 detainees from Port Said to the Wadi Natroun Prison, in the Beheira governorate.
