- Ortoiroid culture (4000 BC)
- Barrancoid culture (250 - 650 AD)
- Arauquinoid culture (650 AD)
- Guayabitoid culture (1300 AD)
- Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1498)
- Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717 - 1821)
- Spanish Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777-1824)
- Britain invades Trinidad and Tobago (1797)
- British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1962)
- British West Indian labor unrest (1934-1939)
- Trinidad and Tobago gains independence (1962)
- Black Power Revolution (1968-1970)
- Attempted coup d'état (1990)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Trinidad and Tobago at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Trinidad and Tobago.)
