CAIRO鈥擣ollowing are key developments in Egypt since millions took to the streets Sunday to demand the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, leading to his ouster by the army on Wednesday.
SUNDAY, JUNE 30
鈥 Chanting 鈥淟eave!鈥 and 鈥渢he people want the ouster of the regime,鈥 crowds demonstrate across Egypt in response to a call from the grassroots movement Tamarod鈥擜rabic for rebellion.
鈥 In Cairo the protesters gather around the presidential palace and in Tahrir Square, epicenter of Egypt鈥檚 2011 revolution.
鈥 Huge demonstrations also take place in Alexandria, Menouf and Mahallah in the Nile Delta, and in the canal cities of Suez and Port Said.
鈥 The army speaks of 鈥渟everal million鈥 protesters and a military source tells AFP: 鈥淚t is the biggest protest in Egypt鈥檚 history.鈥
鈥 Morsi supporters rally in the Cairo district of Nasr City. The army puts their numbers at 25,000.
鈥 At least 16 people are killed nationwide, eight during clashes between government supporters and opposition forces outside the Cairo headquarters of Morsi鈥檚 Muslim Brotherhood.
鈥 Morsi calls for dialogue, but Tamarod insists he step down.
MONDAY, JULY 1
鈥 Protesters set fire to the Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo then loot it.
鈥 Tamarod gives Morsi until 1500 GMT on Tuesday July 2 to quit or face an open-ended campaign of civil disobedience.
鈥 The tourism, environment, communications, and judicial and parliamentary affairs ministers resign.
鈥 The army gives Morsi 48 hours to meet the 鈥減eople鈥檚 demands鈥 or face an imposed solution.
鈥 In Tahrir Square, anti-Morsi protesters erupt in joy on hearing the army鈥檚 statement.
鈥 Morsi鈥檚 office rebuffs the army鈥檚 ultimatum.
TUESDAY, JULY 2
鈥 Morsi holds talks with army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
鈥 The National Salvation Front, the main opposition coalition, says it would not support a 鈥渕ilitary coup鈥 and trusts the army statement does not mean it would assume a political role.
鈥 The spokesmen for the presidency and the cabinet quit.
鈥 Opposition groups choose leading dissident Mohamed ElBaradei to represent them in the negotiations called for by the army.
鈥 Morsi鈥檚 opponents pack Tahrir Square, while his backers join a sit-in in the Nasr City neighborhood.
鈥 Clashes between the rival sides leave seven people dead.
鈥 Gunmen kill 16 people and wound 200 others at a Cairo rally supporting Morsi, the health ministry say.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
鈥 As the army deadline passes, Morsi proposes a consensus government as a way out of the country鈥檚 crisis.
鈥 Security forces impose a travel ban on Morsi and several top Islamist allies, security officials say.
鈥 Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousts Morsi and declares the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court caretaker leader.
鈥 Sisi also announces a freezing of the Islamist-drafted constitution and early presidential elections.
鈥 Cairo protesters erupt in joy.
鈥 Morsi denounces the move as 鈥渁 coup鈥 and in a prerecorded speech says, 鈥淚 am Egypt鈥檚 elected president.鈥