- Guarani people (Pre-Columbian era)
- Asuncion is founded by Juan de Salazar y Espinosa (1537)
- Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru (1542-1824)
- Battle of Paraguari (1811)
- Battle of Tacuari (1811)
- Paraguay gains independence (1811)
- Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia dictatorship (1814-1840)
- Paraguayan War (1864-1870)
- Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay occupy Paraguay (1870-1876)
- Revolution of 1904
- Attempted coup d'état (1910)
- Paraguayan Civil War (1912)
- Paraguayan Civil War (1922-1923)
- Chaco War (1932-1935)
- February Revolution (1936)
- Paraguayan Civil War (1947)
- Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship (1954-1989)
- Military coup d'état (1989)
- Attempted coup d'état (1996)
- Paraguayan crisis (2017)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Paraguay at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Paraguay.)
