Timeline December 1858

Events in December 1858 1

• 1858 Suez Canal Company founded Compagnie chartered to build a canal linking the Mediterranean and Red Sea The Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez was formally established under Ferdinand de Lesseps to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Suez. Egyptian ruler Said Pasha had granted the concession the previous year. Construction began in 1859 and the canal opened a decade later.