Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Basic timeline of Uganda


This post is a basic timeline of Uganda. There are 15 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (50,000 years ago)
  • Bantu Expansion (1000 BC - 0 AD)
  • Bunyoro kingdom (13th century - 19th century)
  • Bugana kingdom (1300-1894)
  • British Protectorate of Uganda (1894-1962)
  • Uganda gains independence (1962)
  • Military coup d'état (1971)
  • Idi Amin dictatorship (1971-1979)
  • Uganda-Tanzania War (1978-1979)
  • Ugandan Bush War (1980-1986)
  • National Resistance Movement (1986 - now)
  • Civil War in Uganda (1986-1994)
  • Lord's Resistance Army (1987 - now)
  • First Congo War (1996-1997)
  • Second Congo War (1998-2003)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Uganda at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Uganda.)

Basic timeline of Sudan


This post is a basic timeline of Sudan. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Butana culture (4th millennium - 3rd millennium BC)
  • Gash culture (3000 - 1800 BC)
  • Jebel Mokram culture (1800 BC)
  • Kingdom of Kush (1000 BC - 350 AD)
  • Blemmyes (7th century BC - 8th century AD)
  • Nobatia Kingdom (400 - 7th century AD)
  • Makuria Kingdom (5th century - 16th century AD)
  • Alodia (6th century - 1500 AD)
  • Rashidun Caliphate invades Sudan (642, 652 AD)
  • Daju Kingdom (12th century - 15th century)
  • Shilluk Kingdom (15th century - 1861)
  • Tunjur Kingdom (15th century - 1650)
  • Funj Sultanate (1504-1821)
  • Ottoman Empire invades Sudan (1585)
  • Taqali Kingdom (1750-1969)
  • Turkish Sudan ruled by Ottoman Empire (1871-1898)
  • Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1896-1899)
  • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899-1956)
  • First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972)
  • Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005)
  • War in Darfur (2003 - now)
  • South Sudan secedes (2011)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Sudan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Sudan.)

Basic timeline of Algeria


This post is a basic timeline of Algeria. There are 26 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Phoenician traders arrive (900 BC)
  • Vandal Kingdom (435 - 534 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire occupies Algeria (534 - 8th century AD)
  • Conquered by Umayyad Caliphate (8th century AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD)
  • Zirid dynasty (972- 1148 AD)
  • Berber Revolt (739-743 AD)
  • Emirate of Tlemcen (742 - 1066 AD)
  • Maghrawa dynasty (970-1069)
  • Hammadid dynasty (1014-1152)
  • Kingdom of Tlemcen (1235-1554)
  • First Spanish conquest of Oran (1509)
  • Kingdom of Beni Abbas (1510-1872)
  • Kingdom of Kuku (1515-1638)
  • Ottoman Algeria (1516-1830)
  • Second Spanish conquest of Oran (1732)
  • Spanish-Algerian War (1775-1785)
  • French Algeria (1830-1962)
  • Algerian War for independence (1954-1962)
  • Military coup d'état (1965)
  • October Riots (1988)
  • Algerian Civil War (1991-2002)
  • Military coup d'état (1992)
  • Algerian protests (2010-2012)
  • Algerian protests (2019 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Algeria at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Algeria.)

Basic timeline of Kenya


This post is a basic timeline of Kenya. There are 14 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Kansyore culture (5th millennium - 1st millennium BC)
  • Urewe culture (6th century BC - 6th century AD)
  • Bantu culture arrives (1st millennium AD)
  • Vasco da Gama and Portugal arrive (1498)
  • Siege of Fort Jesus (1696-1698)
  • British East Africa rules Kenya (1895-1920)
  • Kenya Colony (1920-1963)
  • Mau Mau Uprising (1952-1960)
  • Kenya gains independence (1963)
  • Shifta War (1963-1967)
  • Kisumu massacre (1969)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1982)
  • Wagalla massacre (1984)
  • Kenya election crisis (2007-2008)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Kenya at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Kenya.)

Basic timeline of Colombia


This post is a basic timeline of Colombia. There are 25 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Quimbaya culture (~1st century BC)
  • Tairona culture (~1st century AD)
  • Zenu (200 BC - 1600 AD)
  • Muisca Confederation (~1450-1540)
  • Alonso de Ojeda and Spain arrive (1499)
  • Spain establishes Cartagena city (1533)
  • Spanish conquest of the Muisca (1537-1540)
  • Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717-1821)
  • Colombia declares independence (1810)
  • Simon Bolivar leads independence campaign (1819-1820)
  • Battle of Boyaca (1819)
  • Gran Colombia (1819-1831)
  • Republic of New Granada (1831-1858)
  • Granadine Confederation (1858-1863)
  • United States of Colombia (1863-1886)
  • Repbulic of Colombia (1886 - now)
  • Panama secedes from Colombia (1903)
  • La Violencia civil war (1948-1958)
  • April 19th Movement (1960-1990)
  • Columbia conflict (1964 - now)
  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (1964 - now)
  • National Liberation Army (1964 - now)
  • Palace of Justice siege by M-19 (1985)
  • Colombian Constitution of 1991
  • Peace agreement with FARC (2016)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Colombia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Colombia.)

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Basic timeline of Argentina


This post is a basic timeline of Argentina. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (13,000 years ago)
  • Juan Diaz de Solis and Spain arrive (1516)
  • Spanish Viceroy of the Rio de la Plata (1776-1814)
  • May Revolution (1810)
  • Argentine War of Independence (1810-1818)
  • United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1810-1831)
  • Argentine Civil Wars (1814-1880)
  • Argentina declares independence (1816)
  • Argentine Confederation (1831-1861)
  • Argentine Constitution of 1853
  • Boundary Treaty of 1881
  • Beagle conflict (1904-1984)
  • Tragic Week (1919)
  • September Revolution coup d'état (1930)
  • Military coup d'état (1943)
  • Liberating Revolution coup d'état (1955)
  • Argentine Navy revolt (1963)
  • Argentine Revolution coup d'état (1966)
  • Dirty Wat (1974-1983)
  • National Reorganization Process military dictatorship (1976-1983)
  • Falklands War (1982)
  • Argentine Great Depression (1998-2002)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Argentina at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Argentina.)

Basic timeline of North Korea


This post is a basic timeline of North Korea. There are 21 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Japan occupies Korea (1910-1945)
  • Soviet Union declares war on Japan (1945)
  • Soviet Union invades Korea (1945)
  • United States and Soviet Union agree on 38th parallel (1945)
  • Japan surrenders (1945)
  • Soviet Union occupies North Korea (1945-1950)
  • United States occupies South Korea (1945-1950)
  • Kim Il-sung is Premier of North Korea (1948-1972)
  • Korean War begins (1950)
  • Korean Armistice Agreement ceasefire (1953)
  • Kim Il-sung is President of North Korea (1972-1994)
  • Rangoon bombing (1983)
  • Kim John-il (1997-2011)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2000)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2007)
  • North Korea agrees to end nuclear testing (2007)
  • North Korea continues nuclear testing (2009)
  • North Korea sinks ROKS Cheonan (2010)
  • Kim Jong-un is President of North Korea (2011)
  • Inter-Korean summit meetings (2018)
  • North Korea agrees to denuclearize (2018)

Basic timeline of South Korea


This post is a basic timeline of South Korea. There are 37 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Gojoseon states (2333 BC - 108 BC)
  • Gija Joseon period (1120 - 194 BC)
  • Jin state (4th century - 2nd century BC)
  • Dongye culture (3rd century BC - 5th century AD)
  • Wiman Joseon (194 - 108 BC)
  • Buyeo kingdom (2nd century BC - 494 AD)
  • Okjeo state (2nd century BC - 5th century AD)
  • Mahan confederacy (1st century BC - 5th century AD)
  • Jinhan confederacy (1st century BC - 4th century AD)
  • Beyeonhan confederacy (1st century BC - 4th century AD)
  • Silla kingdom (57 BC - 935 AD)
  • Goguryeo kingdom (37 BC - 668 AD)
  • Baekje kingdom (18 BC - 660 AD)
  • Gaya confederacy (42 - 562 AD)
  • Goguryeo-Wei War (244-245 AD)
  • Goguryeo-Tang War (645-668 AD)
  • Silla-Tang War (668-676 AD)
  • Balhae kingdom (698 - 926 AD)
  • Goryeo kingdom (918-1392 AD)
  • Mongols invade Korea (1231-1259)
  • Joseon kingdom (1392-1897)
  • Japan invades Korea (1592-1598)
  • Later Jin invades Korea (1627)
  • Qing invades Korea (1636-1637)
  • France invades Korea (1866)
  • Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895)
  • Gabo Reform (1894-1896)
  • Korean Empire (1897-1910)
  • Gwangmu Reform (1897-1907)
  • Japan annexes Korea (1910-1945)
  • March 1st Movement (1919)
  • North Korea and South Korea split (1945)
  • Korean War begins (1950)
  • Korean War cease fire (1953)
  • Military coup d'état (1961)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2000)
  • Inter-Korean summit meeting (2007)
  • Inter-Korean summit meetings (2018)

Monday, June 28, 2021

Basic timeline of Myanmar


This post is a basic timeline of Myanmar. There are 24 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (13,000 years ago)
  • Thaton kingdom (4th century BC - 1057 AD)
  • Pyu city-states (2nd century BC - 1050 AD)
  • Sri Ksetra kingdom (3rd century - 1050 AD)
  • Pagan kingdom (840 - 1297 AD)
  • First Mongol invasion of Burma (1277-1287)
  • Hanthawaddy Pegu kingdom (1287-1552)
  • Ava kingdom (1365-1555)
  • Mrauk U kingdom (1429-1785)
  • Toungoo dynasty (1510-1752)
  • Burmese-Siamese wars (16th century - 19th century)
  • Restored Hanthawaddy Pegu kingdom (1740-1757)
  • Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769)
  • Konbaung dynasty (1752-1885)
  • Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War (1752-1757)
  • Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824-1885)
  • British rules Burma (1824-1948)
  • Burma Independence Act (1947)
  • Myanmar civil war (1948 - now)
  • Burmese coup d'état (1962)
  • People Power Uprising (1988)
  • State Peace and Development Council military rule (1988-2011)
  • Saffron Revolution (2007-2008)
  • Myanmar coup d'état (2021)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Myanmar at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Myanmar.)

Basic timeline of South Africa


This post is a basic timeline of South Africa. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (125,000 years ago)
  • Bantu culture arrives (300 AD)
  • Bartolomeu Dias and Portugal arrive (1488)
  • Dutch East India company arrives at Cape Town (1652)
  • Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
  • British invasion of Cape Colony (1795)
  • British Cape Colony (1806-1910)
  • Zulu Kingdom (1816-1897)
  • Battle of Blood River (1838)
  • Natalia Republic (1839-1843)
  • South African Republic (1852-1902)
  • Orange Free State (1854-1902)
  • Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
  • First Boer War (1880-1881)
  • Second Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Union of South Africa (1910-1961)
  • Maritz rebellion (1914-1915)
  • Apartheid era (1948-1994)
  • South African Border War (1966-1990)
  • Soweto uprising (1976)
  • Convention for a Democratic South Africa (1990-1993)
  • Nelson Mandela is elected President (1994-1999)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of South Africa at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of South Africa.)

Basic timeline of Tanzania


This post is a basic timeline of Tanzania. There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Elmenteitan culture (3300-1200 BC)
  • Savanna Pastoral Neolithic culture (3000 BC - 700 AD)
  • Bantu culture arrives (100 BC)
  • Vasco da Gama and Portugal arrive (1498)
  • German East Africa (1885-1918)
  • Maji Maji Rebellion (1905-1907)
  • Battle of Tanga (1914)
  • United Kingdom occupies Tanganyika (1916-1961)
  • Tanganyika Africa National Union (1954-1977)
  • Tanganyika gains independence (1961)
  • Renamed to Tanzania (1964)
  • Zanzibar Revolution (1964)
  • U.S. embassy bombings (1998)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Tanzania at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Tanzania.)

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Basic timeline of Thailand


This post is a basic timeline of Thailand. There are 33 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Funan states (68 - 627 AD)
  • Dvaravati culture (6th century - 11th century AD)
  • Ngoenyang (638 - 1292 AD)
  • Lavo Kingdom (648-1388)
  • Hariphunchai (8th century - 1292 AD)
  • Khmer Empire (802 - 1431 AD)
  • Sukhothai Kingdom (1238-1438)
  • Lan Na (1292-1775)
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350-1767)
  • Burmese-Siamese wars (16th century - 19th century)
  • Thonburi Kingdom (1767-1782)
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782-1932)
  • Chakri dynasty (1782 - now)
  • Battle of Rach Ga m-Xoai Mut (1785)
  • First Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831-1834)
  • Second Siamese Vietnamese War (1841-1845)
  • Franco-Siamese War (1893)
  • Palace Revolt of 1912
  • Siamese revolution of 1932
  • Boworadet rebellion (1933)
  • Songsuradet rebellion (1939)
  • Renamed from Siam to Thailand (1939)
  • Franco-Thai War (1940-1941)
  • Thai cultural mandates (1939-1942)
  • Japanese invasion of Thailand (1941)
  • Thai popular uprising (1973)
  • October 6 massacre (1976)
  • Return to military rule (1976)
  • Vietnamese border raids (1979-1989)
  • Black May (1992)
  • Constitutional Drafting Assembly (1997)
  • Military coup d'état (2014)
  • Thai protests (2020 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Thailand at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Thailand.)

List of history posts

This post is a list of history posts for this blog. There are 229 posts listed below either chronologically by post date or alphabetically by country.

    People
  1. Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769-1812)
  2. Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
  3. Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
  4. Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
  5. King Jr., Martin Luther (1929-1968)
  6. Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948)
  7. Mandela, Nelson (1918-2013)
  8. Washington, George (1732-1799
    Technology history (non-computers)
    Countries (196)

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Basic timeline of Turkey


This post is a basic timeline of Turkey. There are 32 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Hittites (1680 - 1178 BC)
  • Lydia (1200 - 546 BC)
  • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
  • Odrysian kingdom (480 - 30 BC)
  • Alexander the Great and Macedonia invade Turkey (334 - 330 BC)
  • Kingdom of Pontus (281 BC - 62 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453 AD)
  • Byzantine-Sasanian War (602-628 AD)
  • Komnenian restoration (1081-1185)
  • Sack of Constantinople (1204)
  • Byzantine-Ottoman Wars (1265-1479)
  • Seljuk dynasty (10th century - 1307)
  • Ottoman Empire (1299-1922)
  • Ottoman-Hungarian Wars (1366-1526)
  • Fall of Constantinople (1453)
  • Sultanate of Women (1533-1656)
  • Long Turkish War (1593-1606)
  • Cretan War (1645-1669)
  • Greek War of Independence (1821-1829)
  • Ottoman coup d'état (1913)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Gallipoli campaign (1915-1916)
  • Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
  • Arab Revolt (1916-1918)
  • Turkish War of Independence (1919-1923)
  • Republic of Turkey (1922 - now)
  • Neutrality in World War II (1939-1945)
  • First Turkish coup d'état (1960)
  • Second Turkish coup d'état (1971)
  • Invasion of  Cyprus (1974)
  • Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978 - now)
  • Third Turkish coup d'état (1980)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Turkey at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Turkey.)

Basic timeline of Iran


This post is a basic timeline of Iran. There are 46 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Kura-Araxes culture (3400 - 2000 BC)
  • Assyria (2500 - 609 BC)
  • Akkadian Empire (2334 - 2154 BC)
  • Mannaeans (10th century - 7th century BC)
  • Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 - 609 BC)
  • Urartu kingdom (860 - 590 BC)
  • Median dynasty (678-549 BC)
  • Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
  • Greco-Persian Wars (499 - 449 BC)
  • Zoroastrianism established (5th century BC)
  • Alexander the Great and Macedonia conquer Persian Empire (331 BC)
  • Roman-Parthian Wars (54 BC - 217 AD)
  • Parthian Empire (247 - 224 AD)
  • Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD)
  • Byzantine-Sasanian War (602 - 628 AD)
  • Islamic conquest of Persia (633 - 654 AD)
  • Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
  • Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
  • Islamic Golden Age (8th century - 14th century AD)
  • Samanid Empire (819 - 999 AD)
  • Ghaznavid Empire (977 - 1186 AD)
  • Seljuk Empire (1037-1194)
  • Anushtegin dynasty (1077-1260)
  • Mongol conquest of Central Asia (1216-1222)
  • Ilkhanate (1256-1335)
  • Timurid Empire (1370-1507)
  • Safavid dynasty (1501-1736)
  • Afsharid dynasty (1736-1796)
  • Zand dynasty (1751-1794)
  • Qajar dynasty (1796-1925)
  • First Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
  • Second Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
  • Great Persian famine (1870-1872)
  • Persian Cossack Brigade (1879-1921)
  • Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911)
  • Persian coup d'état (1921)
  • Pahlavi Iran (1925-1979)
  • Germany invades Iran (1941)
  • Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran (1941)
  • Iranian coup d'état (1953)
  • Iranian Revolution (1978-1979)
  • Iran hostage crisis (1979)
  • Ruhollah Khomeini is Supreme Leader (1979-1989)
  • Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
  • Ali Khamenei is Supreme Leader (1989 - now)
  • Iranian Green Movement (2009)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Iran at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Iran.)

Basic timeline of Vietnam


This post is a basic timeline of Vietnam. There are 38 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (20,000 years ago)
  • Hong Bang dynasty (2879 - 258 BC)
  • Phung Nguyen culture (2000 - 1500 BC)
  • Dong Son culture (1000 BC - 1st century AD)
  • Lac Viet (700 BC - 100 AD)
  • Au Lac (257 - 180 BC)
  • Trieu dynasty (204 - 111 BC)
  • First Era of Northern Domination (111 BC - 40 AD)
  • Trung Sisters Rebellion (40 - 43 AD)
  • Second Era of Northern Domination (43 - 544 AD)
  • Lam Ap (192-629 AD)
  • Early Ly dynasty (544 - 602 AD)
  • Khmer Empire (802-1431 AD)
  • Third Era of Northern Domination (602 - 905 AD)
  • Ngo dynasty (939 - 965 AD)
  • Dinh dynasty (968 - 980 AD)
  • Ly dynasty (1009-1225)
  • Tran dynasty (1225-1400)
  • Ho dynasty (1400-1407)
  • Fourth Era of Northern Domination (1407-1427)
  • Le dynasty (1428-1789)
  • Mac dynasty (1527-1677)
  • Le-Mac War (1533-1592)
  • Northern and Southern dynasties (1533-1592)
  • Trinh Viceroy (1545-1787)
  • Nguyen lords (1558-1777)
  • Trinh-Nguyen War (17th century)
  • Tay Son wars (1771-1802)
  • Tay Son dynasty (1778-1802)
  • Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945)
  • France and Spain invade Vietnam (1858-1862)
  • French Indochina (1887-1954)
  • Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1976)
  • First Indochina War (1946-1954)
  • Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975)
  • Vietnam War (1955-1975)
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1975 - now)
  • Cambodian-Vietnamese War (1978-1989)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Vietnam at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Vietnam.)

Basic timeline of the Democratic Republic of Congo


This post is a basic timeline of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are 18 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (90,000 years ago)
  • Kingdom of Kongo (1390-1914)
  • Atlantic slave trade (1500-1850)
  • Kingdom of Luba (1585-1889)
  • Kingdom of Lunda (1665-1887)
  • King Leopold II rules Congo Free State (1885-1908)
  • Belgian occupation (1908-1960)
  • Democratic Republic of Congo gains independence (1960)
  • Congo Crisis (1960-1965)
  • Zaire (1971-1997)
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (1995 - now)
  • First Congo War (1996-1997)
  • Renamed to Democratic Republic of Congo (1997)
  • Second Congo War (1998-2003)
  • Ituri conflict (1999-2003)
  • Kivu conflict (2004 - now)
  • M23 rebellion (2012-2013)
  • Kamwina Nsapu rebellion (2016 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the Democratic Republic of Congo.)

Basic timeline of modern Egypt


This post is a basic timeline of modern Egypt. There are 23 events listed below chronology. Source: Wikipedia

  • Alexander the Great and Macedonia conquer Egypt (332 BC)
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 - 30 BC)
  • Roman Egypt (30 BC - 641 AD)
  • Sasanian Egypt (618 - 628 AD)
  • Muslim conquest of Egypt (639 - 646 AD)
  • Tulunids (868 - 905 AD)
  • Fatimid Caliphate (909 - 1171 AD)
  • Ikhshidid dynasty (935 - 969 AD)
  • Ayyubid dynasty (1170-1260)
  • Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517)
  • Ottoman Empire occupation (1517-1867)
  • Suez Canal construction (1859-1869)
  • Khedivate of Egypt (1867-1914)
  • Anglo-Egyptian War (1882)
  • Britain occupies Egypt (1882-1956)
  • Egyptian Revolution (1952)
  • Republic of Egypt (1953)
  • Britain withdraws from Suez Canal (1956)
  • Six Day War (1967)
  • Hosni Mubarak is President (1981-2011)
  • Egypt-Israel peace treaty (1979-1980)
  • Egyptian Revolution of 2011
  • Attempted coup d'état (2013)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Egypt at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Egypt.)

Basic timeline of Italy


This post is a basic timeline of Italy. There are 32 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (48,000 years ago)
  • Remedello culture (4th - 3rd millennium BC)
  • Nuragic civilization (18th century - 6th century AD)
  • Proto-Villanovan culture (12th century - 10 century BC)
  • Etruscan civilization (900 - 27 BC)
  • Roman Kingdom (753 - 509 BC)
  • Roman Republic (509 - 27 BC)
  • Gallic Wars (58 - 50 BC)
  • Roman Empire (27 BC - 476 AD)
  • Gothic War (535 - 554 AD)
  • Lombards (568-774 AD)
  • Republic of Venice (697-1797)
  • Papal States (754 - 1870 AD)
  • Holy Roman Empire (800 - 1806 AD)
  • Republic of Genoa (11th century - 1797)
  • Kingdom of Sicily (1130-1816)
  • Battle of Legnano (1176)
  • Italian Renaissance (14th century - 17th century)
  • Kingdom of Sardinia (1324-1861)
  • Duchy of Milan (1395-1796)
  • Italian Wars (1494-1559)
  • Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (1805-1814)
  • Italian Resurgence and unification (1848-1871)
  • Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • March on Rome (1922)
  • Benito Mussolini is dictator (1922-1943)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Italian Civil War (1943-1945)
  • Italian Republic (1946 - now)
  • Joins European Economic Community (1958)
  • Years of Lead (1968-1988)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Italy at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Italy.)

Basic timeline of Germany


This post is a basic timeline of Germany. There are 35 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Corded Ware culture (2900 - 2350 BC)
  • Bell Beaker culture (2800 - 1800 BC)
  • Unetice culture (2300 - 1680 BC)
  • Tumulus culture (1600 - 1200 BC)
  • Urnfield culture (1300 - 750 BC)
  • Hallstatt culture (1200 - 500 BC)
  • Battle of Teutoburg Forest (9 AD)
  • Germania Superior Roman province (83 - 475 AD)
  • Francia (481 - 843 AD)
  • Holy Roman Empire (800 - 1806 AD)
  • East Francia (843 - 962 AD)
  • Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
  • Protestant Reformation (1517)
  • Great Turkish War (1683-1699)
  • Nine Years War (1688-1697)
  • Prussia Kingdom (1701-1918)
  • War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
  • German Confederation (1815-1866)
  • German revolutions of 1848-1849
  • Austro-Prussian War (1866)
  • North German Confederation (1867-1871)
  • German Empire (1871-1918)
  • German colonial empire (1884-1920)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • German Revolution of 1918-1919
  • Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
  • Nazi Party (1920-1945)
  • Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor (1933)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Invasion of Russia (1941)
  • Holocaust (1941-1945)
  • West Germany (1949-1989)
  • East Germany ruled by Soviet Union (1949-1989)
  • Berlin Wall opens (1989)
  • West Germany unites with East Germany (1989)

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Basic timeline of Spain


This post is a basic timeline of Spain. There are 27 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Iberian culture (~6th century BC)
  • Roman Republic rules Hispania (218 BC - 5th century AD)
  • Visigoth Kingdom (418 - 721 AD)
  • Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711 AD)
  • Battle of Guadalete (711 AD)
  • Reconquista (711-1492 AD)
  • Vikings invasion (844 AD)
  • Hungarian invasion (942 AD)
  • War of Castilian Succession (1475-1479)
  • Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834)
  • Spanish Empire (1492-1976)
  • Italian Wars (1494-1559)
  • Habsburg Spain (1516-1700)
  • Eighty Years War (1568-1648)
  • Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
  • Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659)
  • War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
  • Peninsula War (1807-1814)
  • Spanish Constitution of 1812
  • Ten Years War (1868-1878)
  • First Spanish Republic (1873-1874)
  • Bourbon Restoration (1874-1931)
  • Spanish-American War (1898)
  • Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)
  • Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
  • Francisco Franco dictatorship (1936-1975)
  • Joins European Economic Community (1986)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Spain at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Spain.)

Basic timeline of the United Kingdom


This post is a basic timeline of the United Kingdom. There are 40 events listed below chronologically.

  • First humans (13,000 years ago)
  • Roman rule of Britain (43 - 410 AD)
  • Anglo-Saxons (450-1066 AD)
  • Battle of Deorham (577)
  • Northumbria (654 - 954 AD)
  • Vikings arrive (787 AD)
  • Kingdom of England (924 - 1707 AD)
  • Norman Conquest (11th century)
  • Angevins (12th - 13th century)
  • Magna Carta peace treaty (1215)
  • Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
  • Black Death arrives (1348)
  • War of the Roses (1455-1487)
  • Tudor period (1485-1603)
  • Elizabethan era (1558-1603)
  • East India Company (1600-1874)
  • Jamestown settlement in America (1607)
  • English Civil War (1642-1651)
  • Commonwealth of England (1649-1660)
  • Protectorate government (1653-1659)
  • Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)
  • Great Britain established (1707)
  • Thirteen Colonies (1707-1775)
  • South Sea Company (1711-1853)
  • Seven Years War (1754-1763)
  • American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
  • United States Declaration of Independence (1776)
  • War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802)
  • Ireland is annexed (1801)
  • War of 1812 (1812-1815)
  • Victorian era (1837-1901)
  • First Boer War (1880-1881)
  • Second Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Edwardian era (1901-1914)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Ireland gains independence (1922)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Joins European Economic Community (1973)
  • European Union referendum (2016)
  • Leaves the European Union (2020)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the United Kingdom at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the United Kingdom.)

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Basic timeline of Russia


This post is a basic timeline of Russia. There are 36 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (45,000 years ago)
  • Bosporan Kingdom (480 - 107 BC)
  • Khazars (650-969 AD)
  • Rus Khaganate (830-899 AD)
  • Kievan Rus (879-1240 AD)
  • Novgorod Republic (1136-1478)
  • Mongol invades Russia (1223-1480)
  • Grand Duchy of Moscow (1263-1547)
  • Tsardom of Russia (1547-1721)
  • Russo-Persian War (1722-1723)
  • Livonian War (1558-1583)
  • Conquest of Siberia (1580 - 17th century)
  • Time of Troubles (1598-1613)
  • First Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
  • Russian Empire (1721-1917)
  • Seven Years War (1756-1763)
  • Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812)
  • Napoleon invades Russia (1812)
  • Decembrist Revolt (1825)
  • Second Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
  • Serfdom is abolished (1861)
  • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
  • First Russian Revolution (1905-1907)
  • World War I (1914-1918)
  • Second Russian Revolution (1917)
  • Russian Civil War (1917-1923)
  • Soviet Union (1922-1991)
  • Great Purge (1936-1938)
  • World War II (1939-1945)
  • Germany invades Soviet Union (1941)
  • Cold War (1947-1991)
  • Dissolution of Soviet Union (1988-1991)
  • Russian Federation (1991 - now)
  • Vladimir Putin becomes President (2000)
  • Annexation of Crimean peninsula (2014)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Russia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Russia.)

Friday, June 25, 2021

Basic timeline of the Philippines


This post is a basic timeline of the Philippines. There are 33 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (67,000 years ago)
  • Austronesians reach Philippines (3000 BC)
  • Tondo settlement (~900 - 1589 AD)
  • Ma-i (971-1339 AD)
  • Butuan (989-1521 AD)
  • Namayan confederation (1175-1571)
  • Madja-as confederation (1250-1569)
  • Cebu (1300-1565)
  • Bruneian Empire (1368-1888)
  • Invasion of Majapahit (14th century)
  • Sulu Sultanate (1405-1915)
  • Caboloan (1406-1576)
  • Maynila kingdom (1500-1571)
  • Maguindanao Sultanate (1520-1905)
  • Ferdinand Magellan and Spain arrive (1521)
  • Battle of Mactan (1521)
  • Spanish-Moro conflict (1565-1898)
  • Spain establishes city of Manila (1579)
  • Britain temporarily occupies Manila (1762)
  • Philippine Revolution (1896-1899)
  • Philippine-American War (1899-1902)
  • Moro Rebellion (1899-1913)
  • First Philippine Republic (1899-1901)
  • Insular Government ruled by United States (1901-1935)
  • Philippine Autonomy Act signed by United States (1916)
  • Commonwealth of Philippines (1935-1946)
  • Japanese occupation of Philippines (1942-1945)
  • Second Philippine Republic (1943-1945)
  • Philippines gains independence (1946)
  • Third Philippine Republic (1946-1973)
  • Martial law under Juan Ponce Enrile (1972-1981)
  • Fourth Philippine Republic (1981-1986)
  • Fifth Philippine Republic (1986 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Philippines at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Philippines.)

Basic timeline of Bangladesh


This post is a basic timeline of Bangladesh. There are 31 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (100,000 - 60,000 years ago)
  • Anga kingdom (~1100 - 500 BC)
  • Vanga kingdom (5th century - 2nd century BC)
  • Gangaridai Empire (4th century - 1st century BC)
  • Maurya Empire (322 - 184 BC)
  • Chandra dynasty (327 - 1050 AD)
  • Gauda Kingdom (4th century - 626 AD)
  • Pala Empire (8th century - 12th century AD)
  • Sena dynasty (1070-1230)
  • Deva dynasty (12th century - 13th century)
  • Muhammad Bakhiyar Khilji establishes Muslim rule (1204)
  • Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342-1415)
  • Bengal Sultanate (1352-1576)
  • Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494-1538)
  • Portugal settles in Bangladesh (1517)
  • Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
  • Bengal Subah (1576-1765)
  • Battle of Plassey (1757)
  • First Partition of Bengal (1905)
  • Second Partition of Bengal (1947)
  • Britain rules Pakistan (1947-1971)
  • East Bengal established (1947-1955)
  • Leaves Muslim League (1952)
  • East Pakistan established (1955-1971)
  • Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence (1971)
  • Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
  • Bangladesh genocide (1971)
  • Pakistani Instrument of Surrender (1971)
  • Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict (1977-1997)
  • Mass Uprising in Bangladesh (1990)
  • Military coup d'état attempt (1996)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Bangladesh at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Bangladesh.)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Basic timeline of Nigeria


This post is a basic timeline of Nigeria. There are 23 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (100,000 years ago)
  • Nok culture (1500 BC - 500 AD)
  • Kanem-Bornu Empire (700-1380 AD)
  • Hausa Kingdoms (9th century - 19th century AD)
  • Kingdom of Benin (1180-1897)
  • Oyo Empire (1300-1896)
  • Atlantic slave trade begins (15th century)
  • Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
  • Aro-Ibibio War (1630-1720)
  • Aro Confederacy (1690-1902)
  • Britain annexes Nigeria (1865)
  • Britain forms Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates (1901)
  • First Nigerian Republic (1963-1966)
  • Military coup d'état (1966)
  • Anti-Igbo massacre (1966)
  • Biafra secedes from Nigeria (1967-1970)
  • Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
  • Second Nigerian Republic (1979-1983)
  • Military coup d'état (1983)
  • Third Nigerian Republic planned and fails (1993)
  • Sani Abacha is head of state (1993-1998)
  • Fourth Nigerian Republic (1999 - now)
  • Conflict in the Niger Delta (2003 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Nigeria at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Nigeria.)

Monday, June 21, 2021

Basic timeline of Japan


This post is a basic timeline of Japan. There are 42 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (30,000 years ago)
  • Jomon period (14,000 - 300 BC)
  • Yayoi period (300 BC - 300 AD)
  • Kofun period (250-538 AD)
  • Asuka period (538-719 AD)
  • Nara period (710-794 AD)
  • Imperial House of Japan (660 BC - now)
  • Heian period (794-1185 AD)
  • Genpei War (1180-1185)
  • Kamakura shogunate (1192-1333)
  • Mongol invasions (13th century)
  • Muromachi period (1336-1573)
  • Sengoku period (1467-1615)
  • Portugal arrives (1543)
  • Nanban trade (1543-1614)
  • Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600)
  • Invasion of Korea (1592-1598)
  • Edo period (1600-1868)
  • Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
  • Boshin War (1868-1869)
  • Perry Expedition by United States (1853-1854)
  • Meiji Restoration (1868)
  • Meiji period (1868-1912)
  • Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895)
  • First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
  • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
  • Korea is annexed to Japan (1910)
  • Taisho period (1912-1926)
  • Showa period (1926-1989)
  • Invasion of Manchuria, China (1931-1932)
  • Attempted coup d'état (1936)
  • Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
  • Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938)
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks (1945)
  • Allied occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
  • Constitution of Japan (1947)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
  • Japanese asset bubble (1986-1989)
  • Heisei period (1989-2019)
  • Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011)
  • Reiwa period (2019 - now)

Basic timeline of Pakistan


This post is a basic timeline of Pakistan. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Indus Valley Civilization (3300-1300 BC)
  • Vedic period (1500-500 BC)
  • Battle of the Ten Kings (14th century BC)
  • Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BC)
  • Alexander the Great invades Pakistan (327-325 BC)
  • Maurya Empire (322-180 BC)
  • Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC - 10 AD)
  • Indo-Scythian Kingdom (150 BC - 400 AD)
  • Indo-Parthian Kingdom (19-226 AD)
  • Kushan Empire (30-375 AD)
  • Sassanid Empire (224-651 AD)
  • Sassanid invasion (3rd century AD)
  • Gupta Empire (320-600 AD)
  • Alchon Huns (370-670 AD)
  • Rai dynasty (489-632 AD)
  • Turk Shahis (665-870 AD)
  • Hindu Shahi (850-1026 AD)
  • Ghaznavid dynasty (977-1186)
  • Delta Sultanate (1206-1526)
  • Mongol invasion (13th century)
  • Samma dynasty (1336-1524)
  • Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
  • Maratha Empire (1674-1818)
  • Durrani Empire (1747-1842)
  • Sikh Empire (1799-1849)
  • British Raj rules Pakistan (1843)
  • All-India Muslim League founded (1906)
  • Pakistan gains independence (1947)
  • Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Pakistan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Pakistan.)

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Basic timeline of Ethiopia


This post is a basic timeline of Ethiopia. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (195,000 years ago)
  • Aksum kingdom (800 BC - 960 AD)
  • D'mt kingdom (960 BC - 400 BC)
  • Zagwe dynasty (900 AD -1137 AD)
  • Ethiopian Empire (1270-1974)
  • Adal Sultanate (1415-1577)
  • Ethiopian-Adal War (1529-1543)
  • Sultanate of Aussa (1734-1936)
  • Tewodros II unites Ethiopia (1855)
  • Ethiopian-Egyptian War (1874-1876)
  • First Italo-Ethiopia War (1894-1896)
  • Italy recognizes Ethiopian independence (1896)
  • Italy reoccupies Ethiopia (1935-1941)
  • Battle of Adwa (1936)
  • Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia (1941-1943)
  • Eritrean War of Independence (1961-1991)
  • Oromo Liberation Front (1973 - now)
  • Haile Selassie overthrown (1974)
  • Derg military control (1974-1987)
  • Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991)
  • Tigray People's Liberation Front (1975-2021)
  • Ethiopian Red Terror (1976-1977)
  • Ethio-Somali War (1977-1978)
  • Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (1988-2019)
  • Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991-1995)
  • Constitution of Ethiopia (1995)
  • Meles Zenawi is Prime Minister (1995-2012)
  • Peace agreement signed with Eritrea (2018)
  • Tigray War (2020 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Ethiopia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Ethiopia.)

Basic timeline of Mexico


This post is a basic timeline of Mexico. There are 25 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (40,000 years ago)
  • Olmec civilization (1500 BC - 400 BC)
  • Maya civilization (300 BC - 1511 AD)
  • Teotihuacan civilization (100 BC - 8th century AD)
  • Toltec Empire (674-947 AD)
  • Spanish Reconquista (711-1492)
  • Aztec Empire (1324-1521 AD)
  • New Spain rules Mexico (1521-1821)
  • Chichimeca War (1550-1590)
  • War of Independence (1810-1821)
  • First Mexican Empire (1821-1823)
  • First Mexican Republic (1824-1835)
  • Centralist Republic of Mexico (1835-1846)
  • Texas Revolution (1835-1836)
  • Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
  • Constitution of 1857
  • War of Reform (1857-1861)
  • Second Mexican Empire (1863-1867)
  • Second Mexican Empire (1867-1876)
  • Porfiriato Era (1876-1911)
  • Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)
  • Mexican Constitution of 1917
  • Cristero War (1926-1929)
  • Mexican Miracle (1940-1970)
  • Mexican drug war (2006 - now)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Mexico at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Mexico.)

Basic timeline of Brazil


This post is a basic timeline of Brazil. There are 18 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (10,000 years ago)
  • Marajo culture (800 - 1400 AD)
  • Pedro Alvares Cabral and Portugal arrive (1500)
  • Indigenous rebellions (1554-1567)
  • France Antarctique (1555-1567)
  • King Philip II of Spain takes control (1578)
  • Dutch Brazil (1630-1654)
  • Portugal regains control (1668)
  • Brazilian Gold Rush (17th century - 19th century)
  • Independence from Portugal (1822)
  • Empire of Brazil (1822-1889)
  • Slavery abolished (1888)
  • First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930)
  • Second Republic of Brazil (1930-1935)
  • Third Republic of Brazil (1937-1945)
  • Fourth Republic of Brazil (1946-1964)
  • Military dictatorship (1964-1985)
  • Returns democracy and has election (1985)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Brazil at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Brazil.)

Basic timeline of Indonesia


This post is a basic timeline of Indonesia. There are 28 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Fist humans (45,000 years ago)
  • First Austronesian people arrive (2000 BC)
  • Chola dynasty (300 BC - 1279 AD)
  • Buni culture (400 BC - 100 AD)
  • Taruma Kingdom (358 - 669 AD)
  • Kalingga Kingdom (6th century - 7th century AD)
  • Medang Kingdom (732-1016 AD)
  • Shailendra dynasty (7th century - 11th century AD)
  • Shailendra dynasty (8th century AD)
  • Srivijaya Empire (1183-1377)
  • Singhasari Kingdom (1222-1292)
  • Majapahit Empire (1293-1527)
  • Portugal conquers Malacca (1512)
  • Mataram Sultanate (1587-1755)
  • Banten Sultanate (1527-1813)
  • Dutch East India Company (1610-1800)
  • Dutch East Indies colony rules Indonesia (1800-1949)
  • Java War (1825-1830)
  • Sarekat Islam political organization (1911-1942)
  • Communist Party of Indonesia (1914-1966)
  • Japanese occupation (1942-1945)
  • Indonesian National Revolution (1945-1949)
  • Netherlands recognizes Indonesia sovereignty (1949)
  • Netherlands New Guinea is formed (1949-1962)
  • Guided Democracy in Indonesia (1959-1967)
  • New Order (1967-1998)
  • May riots of Indonesia (1998)
  • Indian Ocean earthquake (2004)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Indonesia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Indonesia.)