- Oyo Empire (1300-1896)
- Dahomey kingdom (1600-1904)
- First Franco-Dahomean War (1890)
- France occupies Dahomey (1892-1960)
- Second Franco-Dahomean War (1892-1894)
- Dahomey gains independence (1960)
- Coup d'état (1963)
- Coup d'état (1965)
- Coup d'état (1972)
- Renamed to People's Republic of Benin (1975)
- Renamed to Benin (1990)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Benin at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Benin.)
