- Bantu culture arrives (6th century - 7th century AD)
- Omani culture arrives (7th century AD)
- Austronesian culture arrives (7th century AD)
- Diogo Dias and Portugal arrive (1500)
- Merina kingdom (1540-1897)
- Francois Caron and France arrive (1666)
- French Malagasy Protectorate (1882-1897)
- Franco-Hova Wars (1883-1896)
- Menalamba rebellion (1895-1903)
- French Madagascar (1897-1958)
- Madagascar uprising (1904-1905)
- Battle of Madagascar (1942)
- Malagasy uprising (1947-1949)
- Malagasy Republic (1958-1975)
- Madagascar gains independence (1960)
- Rotaka protests (1971-1972)
- Democratic Republic of Madagascar (1975-1992)
- Third Repbulic of Madagascar (1992-2010)
- Malagasy political crisis (2009)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Madagascar at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Madagascar.)
