- Bantu culture arrives (Pre-European era)
- Sotho culture (Pre-European era)
- Free State-Basotho Wars (1858-1868)
- British Cape Colony annexes Basotho (1871)
- British Basutoland (1884-1966)
- Basutoland gains independence (1966)
- Basutoland is renamed to Lesotho (1966)
- Coup d'état (1986)
- Coup d'état (1994)
- Operation Boleas (1998-1999)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Lesotho at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Lesotho.)
