- Redware and Arawak tribes (Pre-Columbian era)
- Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1492)
- Spanish Colony of Santiago (1509-1655)
- Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660)
- British Colony of Jamaica (1655-1962)
- Jamaica earthquake (1692)
- First Maroon War (1728-1740)
- Tacky's War (1761)
- Second Maroon War (1795-1796)
- Baptist War (1831-1832)
- Slavery Abolition Act (1833)
- Morant Bay Rebellion (1865)
- Rastafari movement is established (1930's)
- Jamaica gains independence (1962)
- Hurricane Gilbert (1988)
- Kingston unrest (2010)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Jamaica at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Jamaica.)
