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2003 Sudan Airways flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan, killing 116

1994 Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan

1994 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum Sudan

1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan president

1989 Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup

1986 Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed

1985 Sudan adopts interim constitution

1985 Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab

1973 Sudan adopts constitution

1973 Cleo Noel, U.S. ambassador to Sudan, assassinated

1971 Sudan military counter coup under premier Numeiry

1971 Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees

1964 Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns

1960 Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France

1959 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960)

1956 Sudan becomes independent

1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) declares independence from Egypt and UK

1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die

1951 Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights, Sudan), dies at 31

1943 Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72

1941 British troops occupies Kassalaf Sudan

1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70

1930 Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president, Sudan

1928 Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66

1924 England orders Egyptians out of Sudan

1924 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered

1916 Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65

1900 Ibrahim Abbud, general/premier Sudan, 1958-64

1899 Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies

1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms

1898 French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught

1898 Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan

1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain

1898 Lord Kitcheners army bombs Omdurman Sudan

1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan

1896 General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan

1891 French troops under capt Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan

1890 French troops under Capt Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan

1885 Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General (Sudan), executed at 51

1885 Battle at Abu Klea Sudan: 800-1000 killed

1885 Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan

1884 Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins

1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army

1881 Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan

1879 Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo

1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan

1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier/explorer, Sudan

1861 Douglas Haig, British fieldmarshal, Sudan, WW I

1858 Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan, Control of the Tropics



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