- First humans (50,000 years ago)
- Hoa Binh culture (10,000 - 2000 BC)
- Phung Nguyen culture (2000 - 1500 BC)
- Funan kingdom (68 - 627 AD)
- Champa kingdom (192 - 1832 AD)
- Chenla kingdom (550 - 802 AD)
- Nanzhao kingdom (738 - 902 AD)
- Khmer Empire (802 - 1431 AD)
- Lan Xang kingdom (1353-1707)
- Luang Phrabang kingdom (1707-1893)
- Vientiane kingdom (1707-1828)
- Champasak kingdom (1713-1904)
- Thonburi kingdom (1767-1782)
- Rattanakosin kingdom (1782-1932)
- Anouvong's Rebellion (1826-1828)
- Haw Wars (1865-1890)
- French protectorate of Laos (1893-1953)
- First Indochina War (1946-1954)
- Laos gains independence (1953)
- Laos kingdom (1953-1975)
- Vietnam War (1955-1975)
- Laotian Civil War (1959-1975)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975 - now)
- Third Indochina War (1975-1991)
- Insurgency in Laos (1975-2008)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Laos at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Laos.)
