- Mali Empire (1230-1670)
- Portuguese navigators arrive (15th century)
- Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
- Couronian colonization (1651-1659)
- British Senegambia (1766-1783)
- British Gambia Colony and Protectorate (1821-1965)
- The Gambia gains independence (1970)
- Attempted coup d'état (1981)
- Senegambia Confederation (1982-1989)
- Coup d'état (1994)
- Attempted coup d'état (2014)
- Gambian constitutional crisis (2016-2017)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of the Gambia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of the Gambia.)
