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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