Key events in Egypt since Mubarak's fall

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Key events since the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who goes on trial for murder and corruption in Cairo on Wednesday:

FEBRUARY

- 11: After daily mass protests and deaths in clashes with security forces and regime loyalists, Mubarak steps down and leaves Cairo for Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea.

- 13: The army suspends the constitution and says it will rule Egypt for six months, at which point elections will take place.

MARCH

- 11: Four top members of the Mubarak regime jailed on charges of ordering security forces to shoot protesters during the revolution, which left 846 people dead and 6,000 injured.

- 15: The army disbands the former regime's hated security police.

- 19: Voters approve the proposed new constitution, with 77.2 percent voting "yes."

- 30: The military regime announces a parliamentary election for September, to be followed by a presidential ballot one or two months later.

APRIL

- 13: Authorities say Mubarak and his two sons have been detained for 15 days as part of an inquiry into the January-February events. The former president is reported to have suffered heart problems during questioning.

- 16: The Higher Administrative Court dissolves Mubarak's National Democratic Party and orders the seizure of its assets.

MAY

- 7: Fifteen die and 200 injured as Muslims and Christians clash in Cairo.

- 17: Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of the ex-president, freed after remitting her assets to the state.

JUNE

- 6: The Muslim Brotherhood's new political party is declared legal.

- 22: The Muslim Brotherhood joins forces with 17 other parties, including liberal and secular groups.

- 28: A Cairo court orders the dissolution of local councils whose representatives were elected under Mubarak's regime.

- 29: 1,036 injured in clashes between protesters and anti-riot police in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

JULY

- 5: A former minister sentenced in absentia to five years in jail and three others acquitted in corruption trials.

- 7: The public prosecutor refers 25 people to trial for murder during one of the most bloody days of the uprising.

- 13: The ruling military council seeks to placate protesters by announcing the sacking of hundreds of police officers and a delay of parliamentary elections.

- 15: Thousands rally across Egypt, capping a week of nationwide sit-ins to demand political change as anger grows with the military rulers.

- 17: Mubarak in a coma, state television cites his lawyer as saying, a report denied by the health ministry.

- 19: Mubarak has an abnormal heart rhythm and sometimes falls unconscious, the official MENA news agency reports.

- 21: A sweeping cabinet reshuffle fails to appease protesters as it retains several ministers they want sacked.

- 23: Fierce clashes between protesters angry at the military's handling of the transition from Mubarak's regime and army loyalists.

- 25: A Cairo court decides to merge the trials of Mubarak and ex-interior minister Habib al-Adly as former premier Ahmed Nazif is charged with corruption.

- 27: Mubarak refusing food and has become extremely weak, state media report.

- 29: Hundreds of thousands of Islamists pack Cairo's Tahrir Square, in the biggest gathering since Mubarak's fall.

- 31: Protesters camped out in Tahrir Square say they will suspend their sit-in during Ramadan, which starts on Monday.

AUGUST

- 1: Security forces moved into Tahrir Square to disperse several dozen protesters who refused to leave the area.

- 2: Amnesty International urges a "fair and transparent" trial for Mubarak.

- 3: The trial begins.

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