- 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.)
