- Paleo-Balkan tribes (2nd millennium - 1st millennium BC)
- Starcevo culture (6200 - 4500 BC)
- Vinca culture (5700 - 4500 BC)
- Dardania kingdom (393 - 28 BC)
- Hunnic invasion (5th century AD)
- Roman Empire invasion (2nd century - 1st century BC)
- Principality of Serbia (8th century - 969 AD)
- Grand Principality of Serbia (1091-1217)
- Kingdom of Serbia (1217-1346)
- Serbian Empire (1346-1371)
- Moravian Serbia (1371-1402)
- Battle of Kosovo (1389)
- Serbian Despotate (1402-1459)
- Ottoman-Habsburg wars (1526-1791)
- Ottoman Empire annexes Serbia (1540)
- Serbian Revolution (1804-1817)
- Principality of Serbia (1815-1882)
- Kingdom of Serbia (1882-1918)
- Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Germany occupies Serbia (1941-1944)
- Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
- Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995)
- Slovenian War of Independence (1991)
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003)
- Bosnian War (1992-1995)
- Serbian protests (1996-1997)
- Kosovo War (1998-1999)
- Presevo Valley insurgency (1999-2001)
- NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (1999)
- Serbia gains independence (2006)
- Kosovo declares independence (2008)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Serbia at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Serbia.)
