- Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1492)
- French Saint-Domingue (1625-1804)
- Haitian Revolutions (1791-1804)
- Haiti gains independence (1804)
- First Empire of Haiti (1804-1806)
- State of Haiti (1806-1811)
- Republic of Haiti (1806-1849)
- Haiti invades Dominican Repbulic (1820)
- Dominican War of Independence (1844-1856)
- Second Empire of Haiti (1849-1859)
- Republic of Haiti (1859-1957)
- United States occupies Haiti (1915-1934)
- Duvalier dynasty (1957-1986)
- Constitution of Haiti (1987)
- Coup d'état (2004)
- Haiti earthquake (2010)
- Cholera outbreak (2010-2019)
- Haitian protests (2018-2021)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Haiti at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Haiti.)
