- 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.)
