– Ismail Pasha obtained the title of Khedive from the Ottoman Sultan in a decree in exchange for an increase in the the jizya (Islamic tax)
– The Pope was invited to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Suez Canal in 1869 AD, and he met with the Ottoman Sultan who granted the Pope a thousand acres of government property for Coptic schools, and the government designated for him a river cruise to visit the cities and churches of Upper Egypt
Ruler: Muhammad Said Pasha (1854–1863), Ismail Pasha (1863–1879)