- First humans (44,000 years ago)
- Melanesian migration (3000 BC)
- Proto-Malay culture (2500 BC)
- Wehali, Tetum, Bunaq and Kemak cultures (Pre-European era)
- Portuguese Timor (1702-1975)
- Australia and Netherlands occupy Timor (1941-1943)
- Battle of Timor (1942-1943)
- East Timor declares independence (1975)
- Indonesia occupies East Timor (1975-1999)
- Santa Cruz massacre (1991)
- East Timor crisis (1999)
- East Timor gains independence (2002)
- East Timor crisis (2006)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of East Timor at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of East Timor.)
