When did the Suez Crisis officially begin and end?
Timeline: Suez Crisis Events leading up to the Tripartite Invasion of 1956. The Suez Crisis 1922 Feb 28 Egypt is declared a sovereign state by Britain. Mar 15 Sultan Faud appoints himself King of Egypt. Mar 16 Egypt achieves independence. May 7 Britain is angered over Egyptian claims to sovereignty over Sudan. 1936 Apr 28 Faud dies and his 16-year-old son, Farouk, becomes King of Egypt. Aug 26 Draft of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty is signed. Britain is allowed to maintain a garrison of 10,000 men in the Suez Canal Zone, and is given effective control of Sudan. 1939 May 2 King Farouk is declared the spiritual leader, or Caliph, of Islam. 1945 Sept 23 Egyptian government demands complete British withdrawal and the cession of Sudan. 1946 May 24 British premier Winston Churchill says the Suez Canal will be in danger if Britain withdraws from Egypt. 1948 May 14 Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv. May 15 Start of the first Arab-Israeli War. Dec 2
