- Kingdom of Burundi (1680-1966)
- German East Africa occupies Burundi (1899-1916)
- Belgian Ruanda-Urundi (1916-1962)
- Burundi gains independence (1962)
- Attempted coup d'état (1965)
- Coup d'état (1965)
- Ikiza genocide (1972)
- Coup d'état (1976)
- Burundian Civil War (1993-2005)
- Burundian protests (2015-2018)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Burundi at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Burundi.)