1820: Sudan is conquered by Turkey and Egypt.
1881: Sudanese people rebel against the Turkish-Egyptian administration.
1882: The British invade Sudan.
1885: An Islamic state is founded in Sudan.
1899: Sudan is governed by British-Egyptian rule.
1955: Sudanese people revolt and start of civil war against continue Egyptian-British rule. 1956: Sudan gains independence.
1958: A military coup takes place in Sudan. The civilian government is removed.
1962: Civil war breaks out in the southern (mainly Christian/African) parts of Sudan.
October 1964: People of Sudan rebels. The military junta falls after a communist general strike. A national government is formed.
May 1969: New military coup placing Jaafar Numeiri in power.
1971: Leaders of the communist party are executed for attempting a coup against Numeiri.
1972: A peace agreement is signed in Addis Ababa. The southern Sudan achieves self-governance.
1978: Large findings of oil are made in Bentiu in southern Sudan. The oil becomes an important factor in the strife between the North and South.
1983: Numieri introduces the Islamic Sharia law to Sudan leading to a new breakout of the civil war in the Christian south. In the south the forces are led by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) under command by John Garang.
1985: President Numieri is removed from power in a military coup.
1986: A civilian government is made in an effort to restore peace after general elections.
1989: Al-Bashir and his Islamic Front (NIC) takes power in a military coup.
1998: USA launches a missile attack on a chemical plant in Khartoum assumed to develop chemical weapons possibly in cooperation with the Al'Qaeeda terror network. Civilians are killed in the attack. The Sudanese government denies any link to terror and chemical weapons.
1998: A new constitution in Sudan is approved.
1999: The president dissolves the national assembly and declares state of emergency.
1999: Sudan starts exporting oil with the assistance of China, Canada, Sweden and other countries.
March 2001: Hunger and famine in Sudan affects 3 million people.
June 2001: Peace negotiations breaks down in Nairobi, Kenya.
August 2001: The Nile river floods leaving thousands homeless in Sudan.
September 2001: the UN lifts on sanctions against Sudan to support ongoing peace negotiations.
October 2001: Following the New York terror attacks, USA puts new sanctions on Sudan due to accusations of Sudan's involvement with International terrorism.
January 2002: A ceasefire between government forces and the SPLM are finally agreed upon.
July 20th 2002: the government and SPLA sign a protocol to end the civil war.
July 27th 2002: President al-Bashir meets for the first time with SPLA leader John Garang. Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has arranged the meeting. The war in Sudan is also having huge impact on the northen Uganda.
October 2002: A ceasefire is confirmed again, but remains very uncertain. Pecae negations still continues during the next years.
February 2003: The 2 rebel groups representing the African population in Darfur starts a rebellion against the government as protest against what the groups call neglect and suppression.
December 2003: Progress is made in the peace negotiations. The negotiations are mainly focused on sharing important oil-ressources.
May 26th 2004: A historic peace agreement is signed, but the situation in Darfur remains unchanged and extremely critical.
January 9th 2005 : In Nairobi the government and rebels signs the last parts of the peace treaty for Southern Sudan. All fighting in Africa's longest civil war is expected to end in January 2005, but the peace agreement still doesn't cover the Darfur region. More than 1.million people lost their homes since the conflict in Darfur broke out early 2003.
