1956 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt 1894 Death Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 1893 Event Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud 1881 Event De Lesseps' Co begins work on Panama Canal 1879 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company 1805 Birthday Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal
