- Bantu culture arrives (6th century AD)
- Kongo Kingdom (1390-1914)
- Diogo Cao and Portugal arrive (1482)
- Ndongo Kingdom (16th century - 17th century)
- Portuguese Angola (1575-1975)
- Portugal annexes Angola (1655)
- Angolan War of Independence (1961-1974)
- Carnation Revolution (1974)
- Angola gains independence (1975)
- Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)
- Battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Angola at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Angola.)
