- Bantu culture arrives (4th century BC - 5th century AD)
- Swahili culture (1st millennium AD)
- Mutapa kingdom (1430-1760)
- Vasco da Gama and Portugal arrive (1498)
- Portuguese Mozambique (1505-1975)
- Portuguese Mozambique Company (1891-1972)
- Mozambican War of Independence (1964-1974)
- Mozambique gains independence (1975)
- Mozambican Civil War (1976-1992)
- RENAMO insurgency (2013 - now)
- Cabo Delgado insurgency (2017 - now)
- Battle of Palma (2021)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Mozambique at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Mozambique.)
