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Assassination of Kléber in Cairo

When
14 June 1800
Where
Cairo, Egypt
Part of
Assassination of Jean-Baptiste Kléber

Kléber was assassinated in Cairo on 14 June 1800 by Suleiman al-Halabi, a Syrian theology student, the same day Desaix fell at Marengo.

While commanding French forces in Egypt, Kléber was killed in Cairo on 14 June 1800. His assassin was Suleiman al-Halabi, identified in the sources as a Syrian theology student. The date coincided with the fall of Kléber's friend and comrade Desaix at Marengo. The supplied passages confirm the date, place, and perpetrator but do not specify the method of the attack or a documented motive, so no such details are asserted here.

Sources

  1. Jean-Baptiste Kléber Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-10

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