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70 Expedition by the Roman Septimius Flaccus in the South of Egypt. He probably reaches Sudan.
1500 The Luo, a Nilotic people from modern Sudan, settle the Cwezi states, establishing the state of Buganda. (approximate date)
1884 The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on January 26, 1885).
1889 Yohannes IV is killed in the Battle of Metemma; Sudanese forces, who had been almost defeated, rally and destroy the Ethiopian army.
1898 Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops led by Horatio Kitchener defeat Sudanese tribesmen led by Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi, thus establishing British dominance in the Sudan.
1951 Farouk of Egypt declares himself also as a king of Sudan - no support
1966 The Chadian Muslim insurgent group FROLINAT is founded in Sudan, starting the Chadian Civil War.
1970 Egypt, Libya and Sudan announce their intentions to form a federation.
1971 Abdel Madgoub, Sudanese communist leader, is hanged.
1990 Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara-Okello, the man who led the coup against Dr. Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.
1998 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: The United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged Al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum is destroyed in the attack.
1999 President Lt. General Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of Sudan dismisses the National Assembly, during an internal power struggle between him and speaker of the Parliament Hasan al-Turabi.
2002 The US State Department releases a report naming 7 state sponsors of terrorism: Iran,Iraq,Cuba,Libya,North Korea,Sudan,and Syria.
2004 Darfur conflict: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and 2 rebel groups.
2004 A United Nations report blaming the government of Sudan for crimes against humanity in Darfur is released.
2005 Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18th attack on Adre, which left about 100 people dead.
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