1798-1800 (The Viscount Has Fallen)

This is a detailed timeline chronicling the events from 1798 to 1800 in The Viscount Has Fallen.

1798

 * Flag of France.svgKings Colors by NuclearVacuum.svg Egypt Eyalet: August 1 to August 2 (POD) - The Battle of Aboukir Bay occurs. A British fleet of fifteen vessels under the command of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson engages a French fleet of seventeen vessels under the command of Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. In the first hours of the battle, Nelson is killed when his flagship, the HMS Vanguard, explodes. This results in the sudden collapse of the British fleet, allowing the French to move in and achieve victory.
 * Kings Colors by NuclearVacuum.svg Great Britain: August 14 - King George III and Parliament receive the news about the destruction of the British fleet at Aboukir Bay. It came as a shock to them, who believed that the French Navy had been reduced by continuous defeats at sea and the purging of its officer corps during the French Revolution. The death of an admiral, thousands of men, and the destruction of thirteen ships-of-the-line, one fourth rate, and one sloop results in the reorganization of the Royal Navy to make up for the losses.
 * Flag of France.svgFlag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Egypt Eyalet: October 22 - The Revolt of Cairo occurs. Napoleon crushes a rebellion against the French military by the people of Cairo. This results in heavy taxation and a military commission being established as a form of punishment.
 * Flag of France.svgFlag of the Ottoman Empire.svgFlag of Russia.svg Corcyre: November 4 - The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu begins. This battle would determine the future of the Ionian Islands, as well as the positions of France and the two empires in the Mediterranean Sea and Adriatic Sea after the war comes to an end.
 * Flag of France.svgFlag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Egypt Eyalet: December 2 - The Ottoman Empire and France sign the Peace of Cairo. It allows France to retain control over the entirety of Eyalet Egypt, in exchange for the guaranteed protection of the rights of Muslims and Islamic traditions. The Ottoman Empire must also withdrawal from the Second Coalition. The French are also allowed to transport all the ancient Egyptian artifacts that Napoleon had founded in his expedition back to France.

1799​

 * Flag of France.svgFlag of Russia.svg Corcyre: January 7 - The Siege of Corfu ends with a decisive French victory. This victory results in the destruction of a large portion of the Russian Mediterranean Fleet, the death of Admiral Fyodor Ushakov, the solidification of French control over the Ionian Islands, and the emergence of France as the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean Sea. The victory was caused by the Ottoman Empire's withdrawal from the War of the Second Coalition as a result of the Peace of Cairo. This allowed the French fleet and the remaining French ground forces to decisively defeat the remaining Russian forces, who were weakend by the sudden withdrawal of the Turks from the conflict.
 * Flag of France.svg Egypt: January 22 - The small town of Suez on the coast of the Red Sea, and a planned port city on the Mediterranean coast called New Toulon, are designated by Napoleon as France's "double port" in Egypt. This designation would lead to the construction of the Suez Canal by France. The canal would become a major shipping lane, and it would become a significant part of the French Empire.