- 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.)