- 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.)
