- Dilmun civilization (4000 - 2000 BC)
- Babylonia (1895 - 539 BC)
- Kassite dynasty (1595 - 1155 BC)
- Alexander the Great and Macedon invade Kuwait (4th century BC)
- Characene kingdom (141 BC - 222 AD)
- Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD)
- Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661 AD)
- Battle of Chains (~633 AD)
- Umayyad Caliphate (661 - 750 AD)
- Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1517 AD)
- Portugal occupies Kuwait (1521)
- Kuwait City is founded (1613)
- British Sheikhdom of Kuwait (1613-1961)
- Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913
- Kuwait-Najd War (1919-1920)
- Kuwait gains independence (1961)
- Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
- Gulf War (1991)
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Kuwaiti protests (2011-2012)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Kuwait at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Kuwait.)
