- 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.)
