Khedivate of Egypt

State · 1866–1884 CE · at its largest around 1877 CE

Khedive Ismail wanted Egypt to be part of Europe, building Paris-style boulevards and an opera house in Cairo and opening the Suez Canal in 1869 with lavish celebrations. Crushing debts brought European financial control, Urabi's nationalist revolt and British occupation.

On its lands while it lasted

Menelik II (1844 CE – 1913 CE): Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 who expanded the empire, founded Addis Ababa and defeated Italy at Adwa in 1896.
Suez Canal route (1869 CE): The Suez Canal, opened in 1869, linked the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, letting ships sail between Europe and Asia without rounding Africa and cutting the London–Bombay voyage by thousands of kilometres.
Battle of Tel el-Kebir (1882 CE): British forces defeated the Egyptian army of Ahmed Urabi, beginning the British occupation of Egypt.
Siege of Khartoum (1884–1885 CE): Forces of the Mahdi besieged Khartoum and took it in January 1885, killing its governor, the British general Charles Gordon.