Timeline of Port Said

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Port Said, Egypt.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1859
 * Port Said founded.
 * Population: 150.
 * 1861 - Population: 4,000.
 * 1863 - Sweet Water Canal built.
 * 1869
 * Lighthouse of Port Said begins operating.
 * November: Suez Canal opens.
 * 1870 - Coal heaving porters guild established.
 * 1870s - Anti-European unrest.
 * 1881 - Abbas Mosque commissioned (built later).
 * 1883 - Population: 17,000.
 * 1895 - Headquarter of the Suez Canal Authority in Port Said built.
 * 1899 - De Lesseps statue unveiled on Jetee Ouest (pier).

20th century

 * 1904 - Cairo-Port Said railway begins operating.
 * 1917 - Russian battleship Peresvet sinks offshore.
 * 1920 - Al-Masry Sporting Club formed.
 * 1926
 * Port Fouad founded on opposite side of Suez Canal.
 * established.
 * 1947 - Population: 177,703.
 * 1955 - Port Said Stadium opens.
 * 1956
 * 5 November: British and French forces arrive during Suez Crisis.
 * 23 December: British and French troops depart.
 * December: Moorhouse Affair.
 * 1960 - Population: 244,000.
 * 1967 - After Israeli forces occupy Sinai Peninsula, some residents begin to flee city.
 * 1974 - Population: 342,000.
 * 1976
 * Suez Canal University established.
 * Port Said declared a duty-free port.
 * 1992 - Population: 460,000 (estimate).
 * 1995 - Museum of Modern Art opens.
 * 1998 - History Gardens laid out.
 * 1999 - Port Said Hall (arena) opens.

21st century

 * 2004
 * Suez Canal Container Terminal begins operating.
 * Misr Public Library inaugurated.
 * 2005 - Port Said International School opens.
 * 2008
 * December: 2008 Arab Futsal Championship held.
 * Population: 588,938.
 * 2010
 * Port Said University established.
 * Population: 603,787.
 * 2012 - 1 February: Port Said Stadium riot.
 * 2013
 * 26 January: Unrest begins after verdict of stadium riot.
 * 27 January: Anti-Morsi protest.
 * 17–19 February: Labor strike, protest.
 * March: Unrest.
 * 2017 - Population: 749,371 (urban agglomeration).